Kallista Chan ᵕ̈

Medical entomologist/epidemiologist + research uptake manager @LSHTM @LSHTM_RAFT 🦟

[Kallista Chan ᵕ̈ @kall_sta]

That’s meeee! 😅 I’m delighted to have been featured as a scientist working towards zero malaria by @malarianomoreuk and to have been captured by the legendary photographer Rankin. Let’s keep fighting the bite!

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Up next, @kall_sta, our resident public health entomologist & epidemiologist, who investigates the linkages between agriculture and malaria 🌾🦟

You can read more about her work here 👉🏾 https://t.co/tHyVHLVyqq

One of our rising stars #WMD2023 @rankinphoto @malarianomoreuk

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Is rice farming fueling malaria—or helping fight it? 🤔

Join @LSHTM_RAFT’s next TechTalk: “Rice and malaria in Africa: part of the problem or part of the solution?”

🗓️ Tues 13 May
⏰ 11:00 BST
🔗 https://t.co/7qlPQzzt45

[FCDO Global Health Research @FCDOHealthRes]

📢African Research Leaders Scheme
https://t.co/QKSXaNInxN

With @The_MRC, we have launched a further call to support ‘rising star’ African Research Leaders. The scheme is for talented individuals who will lead high quality global health research programmes.

[CRID @cam_crid]

The General Secretary of @MinsanteCMR, Prof Njock Louis, granted an audience to the #RAFT team, led by Prof @sianmalaria from #LSHTM, and Prof @cwondji, the Executive Director of @cam_crid. Dr. Phanuel Habimana, #WHO representative in Cameroon, was also present at the meeting.

[Kallista Chan ᵕ̈ @kall_sta]

New paper from the PhD! We explored rice farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices about mosquitoes (and its control): https://t.co/gxnDemDeV2

[GlobalVectorHub @GlobalVectorHub]

🦟"Rice farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards #mosquitoes in irrigation schemes in #CôtedIvoire 🇨🇮: a qualitative study" by @kall_sta @lucytusting et al. @LSHTM_RAFT @LSHTM @UnivaoBouake
https://t.co/Q1C8NbG8oa @MalariaJournal

[LSHTM RAFT @LSHTM_RAFT]

RAFT is at #PAMCA2023! Come and greet us - we have plenty of briefs to give out and are happy to talk research / how we can align our work with your priorities.

@Dkamgang @kall_sta @sianmalaria

[The Francis Crick Institute @TheCrick]

Congratulations to @pooja_swali for being awarded the 2023 @BritishSciFest Agricultural, Biological and Medical Sciences Award Lecture - just one day after being published as a first author in @NatureComms 🎉

[Kallista Chan ᵕ̈ @kall_sta]

I will be presenting on the arbovirus survey that was circulated a few months ago - thanks to you all, we had 230 responses! Register for the webinar to see the results.

[LSHTM RAFT @LSHTM_RAFT]

RAFT would like to invite you to their 2nd webinar of the TechTalk series on arboviruses in Africa on June 14th (Wednesday) 2023 at 10:00 AM UK time.

Kindly register here: https://t.co/HHpMOI3uyP

#networking #webinar #africa #arboviruses #arbovirus #aedes #ntds #mosquitoes

[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @LSHTM]

Check out our @LSHTM_malaria research rockstars @kall_sta @freds2306 & @AliciaShowering 📸🤩

[Kallista Chan ᵕ̈ @kall_sta]

Was lovely meeting you Chi!

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

At #WorldMalariaDay reception yday I was very impressed by the fantastic research of these young #scientists looking to make #MalariaNoMore a reality & save so many lives around the world

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Our recent retreat showcased the breadth & volume of @LSHTM #malaria research, not to mention:

🌱 Fully vegetarian menu
🏆 Prize-winning talks
🖥️ Online + in-person attendees
🪱 Parasites aplenty
🧪 Innovation & 👩🏾‍🍼implementation science

Read about it 👉🏾 https://t.co/HqRt6Rf5aH

[Zero Malaria Britain @ZeroMalariaGB]

We loved working with all of these incredible malaria scientists - all are young leaders in their field bringing malaria-fighting drugs, treatments, and tech to the world to #EndMalaria. Thank you @rankinphoto for making these heroes feel like rockstars for #WorldMalariaDay

[Kallista Chan ᵕ̈ @kall_sta]

@RanyaMulch @Telegraph !!! thank you 🤗

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Meet the former acoustic engineer, now making noise in malaria, @freds2306 🎵🎶

His PhD research designs machines to detect different mosquito species, enabling low-cost surveillance in low-resource settings 🙌🏾

💫Here are all our superstars 💫https://t.co/vUnGOQPibB

[Zero Malaria Britain @ZeroMalariaGB]

Its official, scientists are the new rock n roll stars. Legendary British photographer @rankinphoto said so. 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬

This #WorldMalariaDay we teamed up @rankinphoto to celebrate the amazing scientists leading the fight to #ZeroMalaria. 💪 #BritishScience

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Up next, @kall_sta, our resident public health entomologist & epidemiologist, who investigates the linkages between agriculture and malaria 🌾🦟

You can read more about her work here 👉🏾 https://t.co/tHyVHLVyqq

One of our rising stars #WMD2023 @rankinphoto @malarianomoreuk

[LSHTM_malaria @LSHTM_malaria]

Meet one of our very own rockstars, captured by none other than @rankinphoto 📸

@AliciaShowering works on the attractiveness of humans to mosquitoes 🦟➡️👥

Her PhD research aims to develop a repellent using beneficial skin bacteria for sustainable & long-lasting protection #WMD