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Professor Mary Cameron

BSc PhD

Professor
of Medical Entomology

Room
Room 403

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
+44 (0)20 7927 2337

Fax.
+44 (0)20 7927 2918

Mary Cameron is a Professor of Medical Entomology in the Department of Disease Control with over 30 years of experience in delivering international level field and laboratory research focusing on the surveillance and control of a wide range of vector-borne diseases, particularly leishmaniasis.  Mary obtained a BSc in Zoology from Bedford College, University of London, in 1983, and a PhD in Entomology in 1987. She originally joined the Department of Entomology at LSHTM as a research student in 1984, to study pheromone-elicited oviposition behaviour of mosquitoes, and later investigated the role of phlebotomine sandflies in transmission of disease. In 1990, she left LSHTM to take up a post-doc position at the University of Oxford followed by a Research Fellow position at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In 1995, Mary re-joined LSHTM  and has developed strong collaborative networks on NTDs in multiple disease endemic countries. Her role in current leishmaniasis research projects include: Principal Investigator (PI) of SPEAK India (a consortium conducting operational research to sustain VL elimination in the Indian Subcontinent – see https://speakindia.org.in/), and Co-PI of the BBSRC Gnatwork network (conducting research on sandflies, biting midges and blackflies – see https://www.gnatwork.ac.uk/about/the-gnatwork).

Mary is a Member of the WHO Regional Technical Advisory Group to support the Kala-azar elimination programme in the South-East Asia Region, served as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology for eight years until 2020 and is a co-founder of LSHTM's first spin out company: Vecotech Ltd.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

Mary was the Programme Director for MSc Medical Entomology for Disease Control (http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/masters/msbcdv.html) and MSc Medical Parasitology (http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/masters/msmp.html) for 13 years until Dec 2017. At present, she remains committed to the teaching programme and delivers lectures on several face-to-face modules and serves as a Personal Tutor, MSc project supervisor and PhD supervisor.

 

 

Research

Presently, Mary is the Principal Investigator of the Bill and Melinda Gates Programme: Setting the Post-Elimination Agenda for Kala-azar in India (SPEAK India) (see: https://www.speakindia.org.in/). The focus of the operational research is to work towards sustained elination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Sub-continent. The work comprises four synergistic pillars: Surveillance (partners: Kala Azar Medical Research Centre and the Institute of Tropical Medicine), Mathematical Modelling (partners: Vector Control Research Centre), Transmission (partners: Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences) and Health Systems (partners: Institute Public Health, RMRIMS, CARE, PATH, UNION).

Mary is Co-Director of a BBSRC GCRF network - The gnatwork: building capacity for research on neglected tropical vectors (with Dr Simon Carpenter, The Pirbright Institute). The Gnatwork brings together researchers working on phebotomine sandflies, blackflies and midges and supports early career researchers by delivering training programmes and providing grant support for research projects in ODA countries (see: https://www.gnatwork.ac.uk). The website also provides useful resources and training aids.

Mary serves as the University Supervisor of Laura Jones who is based in Dr Simon Carpenter's laboratory in Pirbright working on her BBSRC studentship: ‘Mosquitoes in the “Endless City”: understanding how urbanisation will influence vector populations’ (2017-2021).

In addition, Mary serves on the Steering Committee of The Global Vector Hub (https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/globalvectorhub).

Research Area
Environment
Hygiene
Insects
Public health
Sanitation
Surveillance
Disease control
Randomised controlled trials
Vector control
Discipline
Epidemiology
Operational research
Parasitology
Vector biology
Entomology
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious disease
Leishmaniasis
Emerging Infectious Disease
Lymphatic filariasis
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Vector borne disease
Zoonotic disease
Country
Bangladesh
Brazil
United Kingdom
Indonesia
India
Sri Lanka
Peru
Tajikistan
Tanzania
United States of America
South Africa
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
South Asia
World

Selected Publications

SPEAK India Toolkit for Surveillance of Visceral Leishmaniasis.
Cameron M; Campino S; Kristan M; Higgins M; Sundar S; Singh OP; Malaviya P; Kansal S; Srkantiah S; Bindroo J
2023
Comparison of collection methods for<i>Phlebotomus argentipes</i>sand flies to use in a molecular xenomonitoring system for the surveillance of visceral leishmaniasis
McIntyre-Nolan S; Kumar V; Carew MM; Kumar K; Nightingale E; Libera Marchiori GD; Rogers M; Kristan M; Campino S; Medley GF
2023
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Comparison of collection methods for Phlebotomus argentipes sand flies to use in a molecular xenomonitoring system for the surveillance of visceral leishmaniasis.
McIntyre-Nolan S; Kumar V; Mark-Carew M; Kumar K; Nightingale ES; Dalla Libera Marchiori G; Rogers ME; Kristan M; Campino S; Medley GF
2023
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Global operational manual on leishmaniasis vector control, surveillance and monitoring and evaluation
Salomón OD; Albuquerque e Silva R; Rangel EF; Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR; Aerts C; Sicuri E; Cameron M; Johnson C; Mcintyre S; Ready P
2023
SPEAK India: Outcomes and recommendations
Cameron M
2022
Report of the meeting of programme managers and the Regional Technical Advisory Group for the kala-azar elimination programme
Spatial Variation in Delayed Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, India
Nightingale E; Bindroo J; Dubey P; Priyamvada K; Das A; Bern C; Srikantiah S; Cameron MC; Lucas TCD; Medley GF
2022
SSRN Electronic Journal
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