Volunteer as MESA Correspondent to report from the 1st Women in Malaria Conference
The Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA) is seeking volunteers (men and women) as MESA Correspondents to report from the 1st Women in Malaria (WiM) Conference to be held online on March 22 – 24, 2021.
The goal of this conference is to highlight the outstanding contributions of female scientists in the field, provide equal opportunities of participation to WiM from the early stages of the scientific career, and guarantee the inclusiveness in the selection with a balanced participation of scientists from various countries. Specifically, each session will feature 2 keynotes, including both earlier career and a more established speaker.
The MESA Correspondent volunteers report on the latest in malaria research from conferences around the world. The synopses are shared online, enabling people who could not attend the meeting to read about the latest advances. Readers can also receive the reports in their inbox by subscribing to the MESA newsletter. The MESA Correspondents Programme is a collaboration between MESA and the conference organizers.
Previous examples include:
- ASTMH 2020 Annual Meeting (Virtual)
- BioMalPar 2020 – Virtual
- Keystone Symposia “The Malaria Endgame” 2019
- PAMCA 2019
- International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research 2019
The application to become a MESA Correspondent for the Women in Malaria Conference 2021 consists of:
- Curriculum vitae
- Motivation statement (100-word limit) indicating which areas of malaria you have knowledge of.
- Synopsis of one of these videos (200-word limit)
- Investigating the magnitude and drivers of residual malaria transmission in Zanzibar, speaker: Khamis Haji, Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program, Tanzania link
- Protective efficacy of a spatial repellent against malaria infections in children: recent evidence from a clinical trial in Indonesia, speaker: Din Syafruddin, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Indonesia, link
- Tracking the local and regional spread of Plasmodium falciparum in low transmission settings of Africa, link
- Reactive case detection with targeted mass drug administration: Interrupting malaria transmission and achieving elimination beyond intervention areas in northwestern Peru, link
The opportunity to be a correspondent is open to everyone, and students from the malaria field especially are encouraged to apply. Please send applications to mesa@isglobal.org asap and no later than March 17, 2021. MESA Correspondents will be chosen by the MESA team based on the quality of the applications.
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