Dr Christen Fornadel

Christen provides technical leadership, coordination, and oversight in support of IVCC products from development to launch, including monitoring and evaluation of novel vector control tools and the design and implementation of market interventions. She successfully led the New Nets Project and previously supported the NgenIRS project. Prior to joining IVCC in 2018, Christen was a Senior Malaria Vector Control Specialist with the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID (2013-2018). At PMI Christen contributed to global strategy and country-level planning for malaria mosquito control, including entomological monitoring, insecticide-resistance management, and implementation of indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticide treated nets. Before joining PMI Christen completed her graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where her doctoral research focused on the foraging behavior of malaria mosquitoes in rural Zambia.