Jennifer is an Entomologist and Senior Malaria Vector Control Advisor at the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). As the Technical Lead of the Vector Monitoring and Control Team, she manages and provides technical oversight for PMI projects that support building the capacity of countries to monitor and implement malaria vector control interventions and contributes to country and global strategies for malaria mosquito control.
Jennifer has a PhD in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a MSc in Medical Entomology from the University of Florida. She has over 15 years of research and operational experience in the transmission and control of vector-borne diseases in both the US and internationally. Jennifer formally held positions at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of South Florida, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Melbourne, Australia, and the Department of Health in Virginia.
