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Wendy P O'Meara
Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
wendy.omeara@duke.edu
Eldoret Kenya, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27710
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Selected Grants
Once Bitten: Acquisition of Malaria Adaptive Immunity (OBAMA - Immunity)
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ·
2023 - 2028
Synthesizing immunoinformatics and genetic epidemiology to identify signatures of natural functional immunity to malaria parasites
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ·
2023 - 2028
PEARL - Phase II
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ·
2023 - 2026
Plasmodium vivax in a mobile population in northwestern Kenya
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2022 - 2025
Quantifying the threat of Plasmodium vivaxin a P. falciparumendemic pre-elimination setting in sub-Saharan Africa
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ·
2023 - 2025
Once bitten: A longitudinal, observational study of successful malaria parasite transmission events between humans and mosquitos
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2025
Real-world impact of next generation insecticidal nets for malaria control
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Moi University ·
2024 - 2025
Longitudinal cohort study of SARS-CoV2 sero-conversion in a malaria-endemic community in Western Kenya
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2021 - 2024
Malaria diagnostic testing and conditional subsidies to target ACTs in the retail sector: the TESTsmART trial
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2024
Malaria chemoprevention in children with sickle cell anemia in Western Kenya
Clinical Trial
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2016 - 2023
AMPATH-KEVA (Indiana University)
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Indiana University ·
2017 - 2020
Quantifying parasite importation in an epidemic-prone zone of northern Kenya
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2020
Webuye Education and Research Laboratory (WERL)
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ·
2018 - 2020
Spatial Scales of Plasmodium Falciparum Generations; Implications for Elimination
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2019
Innovative partnership to target antimalarial subsidies in the retail sector
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2014 - 2019
Impact of spatial distribution of health services on child morbidity and mortality
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2014 - 2016
Implementation Science to Optimize Malaria Vector Control and Disease Management
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2015
Sustainable Financial Incentives To Improve Prescription Practices For Malaria
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2014
Serology as a measure of exposure and duration of infection in malaria trials
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2014
