Caroline Lynch

Lecturer Malaria Research and Control

I am a parasitologist and epidemiologist, with a background in malaria control in complex emergencies which I've worked on since 2000 in a variety of settings including; East Timor, Somalia, Liberia, Uganda, Sudan, Burundi and Eastern DRC. I am currently working on determining sampling methodologies for drug quality in order to make robust estimates of counterfeit and sub-standard medicines. My overall interest is in making academic work more accessible to policy-makers so that they can form and defend evidence-based policies which will have a more direct and immediate effect on the health of a population. I believe the way toward this is open collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Immediate interests are in health system surveillance and spatial epidemiology.

Affiliation

Teaching

I am co-organiser for the module Designing Disease Control Programs in Developing Countries (DDCP). I also facilitate on the Malaria epidemiology and Conflict & Health modules and tutor on Distance Learning Public Health courses.

Research

My PhD research  looked at the effect of migration on malaria incidence and transmission. I have also been a co-investigator on a project looking at the geographic distribution of DHFR 164L mutations in Southwest Uganda.

I am also involved in investigating the best sampling methdologies for Drug Quality Studies, specifically for antimalarials with the introduction of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • GIS/Spatial analysis

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Malaria
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