David conducts research on malaria, particularly involving population genetic, experimental and epidemiological studies of parasites. Based in London, he also works with colleagues in several countries in West Africa, as well as in Malaysia. He currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty. He has served as Head of Department and was previously Head of Malaria Research Programme at the MRC Unit in The Gambia where he studied many aspects of the disease in relation to natural infection and transmission. Prior to that has also worked on other infectious diseases including trachoma and strongyloidiasis. He studied at the University of Nottingham and University of Edinburgh, and worked at Imperial College London before joining LSHTM.
Affiliations
Department of Infection Biology
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Centres
Malaria Centre
Vaccine Centre
Teaching
Module Organiser for Pathogen Genomics (MSc Module 3460)
Research
Malaria, Parasite Biology, Genomics, Epidemiology, Population Genetics
Research Area
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Immunology
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Country
Ghana
Gambia
Senegal
Nigeria
Mali
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mauritania
Malaysia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)
Selected Publications
2022
Microbiology spectrum
2022
mBio
2021
Nature
2021
Nature microbiology
2020
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
2020
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2019
Nature microbiology
2018
BMC GENOMICS
2018
Scientific reports
2018
Science translational medicine