Women in Malaria

The image shows a sketch of Dr Katharine Collins, the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine. Dr Collins is wearing a lab coat on one side and holding a falcon tube and on the other side typing on a laptop. Surrounding Katharine are icons representing her contribution in the development of the R21 vaccine.

International Women's Day 2026 Women in Malaria encourages everyone to take a moment today to celebrate and acknowledge International Women's Day (IWD). This day celebrates the achievements of women around the globe and aims to increase support for gender equality. Since its origin in 1911, IWD has helped bring awareness to gender biases in critical areas such as policy, education, pay, and representation, and has supported the development of gender-equality-focused legislation and practices worldwide. The conversations and actions inspired by this day have had (and can continue to have) a monumental impact. In honor of IWD, we would like to recognize Dr. Katharine Collins, who was nominated for the WiM Sketches. Dr. Collins is the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine, which helps prevent malaria in children. R21 is the second malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organisation. This work was the focus of her PhD at Oxford University under Professor Adrian Hill. She later worked with James McCarthy at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research on transmission models of infection, and with Teun Bousema at Radboud University on controlled human malaria infection models. She has also served on the WHO malaria vaccine advisory committee and has actively been in involved with WiM for several years. Dr. Collins currently works inon Global Health R&D at Coefficient Giving (previously Open Philanthropy) where she helps support research with the greatest potential to improve global health and save lives. To learn more about IWD and how to get involved, please check out: https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/international-womens-day -the WiM team

Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2026 🤩🎉
To celebrate the day we present the first WiM sketch of the year, featuring Dr Katharine Collins, the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine 👩🏻‍🔬💉

Flyer advertising for volunteer position at WiM with the following information: Join us in amplifying women in malaria research! Looking for volunteers Newsletter Content Creator We are looking for a WiM interested in generating and finding content for our quarterly newsletter Requirements: -Can spend around 1-2 hours a week on content (flexible) -Good grasp of English language -Able to meet newsletter deadline -Commits to teamwork and committee meetings -Shares the values of WiM Mail us at: To apply, email us with a short description of why you are interested to join us and why you would be a good candidate for this specific position at womeninmalaria@ed.ac.uk

Flyer advertising for volunteer position at WiM with the following information: Join us in amplifying women in malaria research! Looking for volunteers! Social media manager We are looking for a WiM interested in creating and posting content on the WiM socials (Linkedin, Instagram, twitter, Bsky) Requirements -Active on social media platforms -Can spend around 1-3 hours a week on content/posting (flexible) -Commits to teamwork and committee meetings -Shares the values of WiM Mail us at To apply, email us with a short description of why you are interested to join us and why you would be a good candidate for this specific position at womeninmalaria@ed.ac.uk

📢 We are looking for enthusiastic WiM volunteers 🎉

We have at least two positions open!
- 📱 Social Media Manager
- 📰 Newsletter Content Creator

More information on each position in the flyers below

2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Here’s to raising the next generation of scientists, engineers, and problem solvers.

#WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #STEMEducation #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #ScienceForEveryone #JuniorEinsteins

Two women, one shared purpose in science | LSHTM Two women, one shared purpose in science | LSHTM

It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪

Today, we celebrate Haddijatou Mbye & Thorey K. Jonsdottir and their shared commitment to improving global health through research, mentorship, and community.

Read their story: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
#WomenInScience #GlobalHealth

What is Gender Bias - Global Health Dictionary Gender bias in research occurs when social norms about gender influence how scientific studies are designed and/or interpreted.

⚠️ Gender bias contributes to creating and maintaining the gender gap, which occurs when quantifiable differences arise, such as a pay gap.

🔗 Read more! 👉 https://diccionario.isglobal.org/en/gender-bias/

#WordOfTheWeek #DiccionarioSaludGlobal #GlobalHealthDictionary

Sketch of a woman scientist looking through a microscope with various symbols to represent STEM and the following text: On this day we celebrate the continuous efforts, resilience and achievements of women and girls in STEM. It’s a day to remind us that there still remain significant gaps for girls and women in STEM fields and to actively think about what actions we can take to narrow these gaps. According to global and regional trends for women in STEM 2025, women represented only 33% of the global research workforce. And many disciplines within STEM, such as engineering (18%) and computer science (20%), have much lower representation of women compared to, for example, life sciences (50%) [Women in STEM network, 2025] In 2025, it was calculated that women in the UK got paid 83p for every pound men got paid (median hourly earning) [Women in STEM network, 2025]. Did you know that women with established careers in academia are 2x likelier to abandon their career compared to men? This decision is often the result of a toxic work environment and lack of support when challenging the status quo [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2024.05.004]. There are also many examples of women entering the STEM fields, but then end up leaving due to negative experiences, biases and job rejections. What are some of the things you can do? -Provide a supportive environment at work and call out biases -Form/join a committee within your organisation aimed to support and promote gender equity -Join supportive communities (Women in STEM Network, Women in STEM, STEM Women, Women in Malaria, Herminthology, Women in Parasitology, Mothers in academia, Mama is an academic, For women in science, etc.) -Provide mentorship or seek mentorship as a mentee In the end we want to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful WiM community for sharing our goal of gender equity in science (and beyond) and for driving forward our mission. Let's keep creating and fighting for a fair environment! -The WiM Team-

Today we celebrate the international day of women and girls in science 🎉👩🏾‍🔬👩🏻‍💻👩🏾‍🚀👩🏼‍🔧 #IDWGS2026

📣 4 scholarships are available to support women parasitologists from LMICs to attend the ICOPA 2026 conference in Montréal (August 16-21)! Application deadline 11. February & requires proof of abstract submission (deadline 2. February). Further info: www.herminthology.com/equip

Dear everyone, thank you for all your support throughout the year and special thanks to all the WiM Conference attendees and supporters - we could not have done it without you!

Happy Holidays and may you all have a prosperous new year. See you in 2026!

-The Committee

Research associate opportunity in P. falciparum & T. gondii to research the structure and function of complexes essential for organelle biology. Deadline 15. October, more info below ⬇️

Calling all mitochondria enthusiasts, we are recruiting for a new project (and the post will be split between Glasgow and Helsinki)

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Image of a mosquito to celebrate world mosquito day.

On this day 1897, it was discovered that malaria is transmitted through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitos 🦟 a discovery critical to our understanding of disease pathogenesis and prevention of malaria #WorldMosquitoDay #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth #ZeroMalaria

💉 Registration is open for #IVI ’s 24th International Vaccinology Course

🗓 Sept 8–12, 2025
📍 Seoul | Kigali | Stockholm (hybrid format)
🔬 Open to global vaccinology professionals

Apply by Aug 1 👉 shorturl.at/xQE3P

The essential host genome for Cryptosporidium survival exposes metabolic dependencies that can be leveraged for treatment An arrayed microscopy-based CRISPR screen revealed host genes affecting multiple infection phenotypes of the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium. Hits in the host cholesterol biosynthesis pathway a...

Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

📝🤳 Become an event reporter! In exchange for a fee waiver you'll need to post social media updates from the conference and write a report summarising the meeting 📷✍🏻

✅ All on-site and virtual conferences at EMBL Heidelberg

Find out more and apply 👉🏻 https://s.embl.org/reporter

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🚨 PhD, MD & postdoc researchers: Apply for a
@boehringerglobal.bsky.social Fonds #TravelGrant!

✅ Up to 3 months abroad
🧠 Learn key methods and join new courses
🌍 Open to researchers in/coming to Europe
💸 Covers travel, lodging & course fees
🔗 More info 👉 shorturl.at/S8Rnz

📣 Calling #NTD colleagues

@who.int is seeking experts for the Strategic Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases. Great opportunity to contribute to global policy and strategy on #NTD control & elimination

Deadline July 14th - please share

www.growglobal.health/placements/c...).

✨ We’ve got a new look! ✨

Malaria No More just launched a new website to share our mission, our progress, and the people powering the fight to #EndMalaria.

You’ll find stories on the latest malaria news and breakthroughs, key resources, and more.

💻 Explore the site: www.malarianomore.org

🚀 The MESA Calendar continues to grow in popularity!

🗨️ Suggest an event, grant, training or other opportunity to be added.

💡 It enables us to ensure that no important malaria dates are missed.

🗓️🔗 mesamalaria.org/grants-events/
🗨️🔗 Suggest → shorturl.at/6xol8

🔬✨'Women in Malaria' peer-to-peer workshop at #EMBLMalaria

♀️ This informal session brought together women across the #malaria community to share experiences, challenges, and strategies for navigating their careers and shaping the field.

Grateful for the openness, insights, and energy in the room 🙌🏼

My first race in many years (after 2 maternities) is for @womeninmalaria.bsky.social
There we go!!

Thanks to all lab heads and group leaders who have filled out and paid invoices for a @veupathdb.org subscription! Your contributions keep our data resources open access. #data #parasites #fungi #vectors

If you haven’t done so already, this is an URGENT need! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

📢 New preprint from the Gómez-Díaz lab - the transcriptome of Plasmodium malariae in the mosquito 🦟 Check it out ⬇️

Exciting work at EMBL around malaria, including our lab!

In this blog post, our @lshtm.bsky.social’s Malaria Centre Co-Directors reflect on #WorldMalariaDay and explore the role researchers must play in the fight to safeguard progress & to protect the vision of a malaria free world in a rapidly shifting global health landscape.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3YcAvQ3

The sketch shows conference speakers from the 2nd Women in Malaria conference

Sketch of all the general conference speakers at the 2nd women in malaria conference surrounded by the conference research themes. Sketch by Sophia & Thorey.

This World Malaria Day, we celebrate the vital role women & other discriminated genders play in the fight against malaria! From pioneering researchers to dedicated health workers, women are driving innovation & change in malaria control globally. [Sketch by Sophia & Thorey 👩🏻‍🎨]

Webinar: Accelerating appropriate treatment for pregnant and lactating women YouTube video by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)

During last month's @womeninmalaria.bsky.social
conference, MMV’s Associate Director of Social Research Maud Majeres Lugand gave a presentation on malaria in pregnancy & some of the key initiatives that fall under the umbrella of out MiMBa strategy.

An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii - Nature Microbiology Toxoplasma gondii evolved two ISWI remodellers, TgSNF2h and TgSNF2L. TgSNF2h forms a complex that insulates active genes, regulates MORC-driven sexual commitment and ensures precise gene expression, s...

Thrilled to share my first paper, now out in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com! Huge thanks to my amazing supervisor @hakimi.bsky.social and everyone who contributed to this work!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌠 We're thrilled to announce our latest Hypothesis Fund awardees and their groundbreaking projects! From optimizing enzymes, to protein sequencing, and membrane 'functional hotspots', each of these projects holds the potential to be broadly transformative for science! 1/ 🧵

Thank you so much @hypothesisfund.bsky.social and Ellen for supporting us in this new venture!! We're excited to get started! 🦠🔬❄️