Chris Drakeley

Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Chris Drakeley is a MalariaGEN Investigator and Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He has diplomas in Parasitology and Physiology and is a graduate of the Institute of Biology in Immunology. His research focus is on the transmission biology and epidemiology of malaria. The broad aim is to identify and target the infectious reservoir of the malaria parasite in the human host.

Chris has spent several years working in sub-saharan Africa. After working on the antimalarial drug programme at Burroughs Wellcome, in 1990 he went to the Medical Research Council research laboratories in The Gambia as a member of LSHTM research staff. Most recently he was part of the Joint Malaria Programme collaboration in northeast Tanzania, in an area where malaria transmission ranges from zero to extremely high.

Chris Drakeley and his team are contributing to Consortial Project 1, Consortial Project 2 and Consortial Project 3. More >>