Marta Maia

Marta Maia is currently an Associate Professor and Researcher at the University of Oxford. Marta has vast experience in researching and implementing interventions to reduce malaria transmission, specifically in Kenya and Mozambique. Their research includes the evaluation of ivermectin mass drug administration to humans and cattle, as well as the use of near infra red spectroscopy to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in mosquitoes. Prior to their current position, Marta has held roles at KEMRI - Wellcome Trust, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and INVEC. Dr. Maia holds a PhD in Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine from Freie Universität Berlin and a Diploma in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.