# Malaria and Mosquito-borne Diseases

> **NIH NIH T32** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $285,071

## Abstract

Project Summary
The training program in Malaria and Mosquito-borne Diseases research is proposed for a total of three
predoctoral students selected from a large pool of highly qualified applicants and three postdoctoral positions
both for a two-year fellowship. The Malaria and Mosquito-borne Diseases training program is uniquely situated
within the Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Epidemiology departments of the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health as well as Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. The 26 training faculty,
representing three departments-microbiology, epidemiology and pharmacology, have a wide range of
collaborative experience and expertise in cellular and molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology and
therapeutic interventions of malaria and mosquito arboviral diseases as well as with the mosquito vectors
associated with malaria and viral transmission. The goal of the training program is to provide trainees with both
a firm foundation in the basic disciplines necessary for the study of mosquito-borne diseases arising from a
knowledge base in microbiology, vector biology and immunology as well as a critical perspective that will
enable them to apply their knowledge creatively to public health problems. Each predoctoral student will have
already completed 1) a series of required courses in the basic disciplines of cell and molecular biology,
biochemistry, epidemiology, bacteriology, parasitology, virology, vector biology and immunology, as well as
courses in research ethics and public health perspectives. Students who will have finished required courses,
three 10-week laboratory rotations and have selected a thesis laboratory in a mosquito-borne diseases
laboratory will be candidates for this doctoral training program with selection in the spring of the second year.
Postdoctoral fellows are eligible at any time in their training. Based on a competitive assessment of academic
excellence and a demonstrated commitment to work in a mosquito-borne diseases laboratory, students and
postdoctoral fellows will be selected by the training faculty committee. A maximum of three doctoral students
and three postdoctoral students will be supported for the two-year fellowships. Predoctoral student entry into
this training program will commence at the start of the third year after passing the University oral exam and
required coursework for doctoral students, while the postdoctoral fellowship may begin after arrival.
Predoctoral student academic and research progress will be monitored by the departmental Graduate Program
Committee and by the Thesis Advisory Committee, with special attention to student’s Individual Development
Plan. Postdoctoral fellows will also have a Fellowship Advisory Committee and Individual Development Plan.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10144930
- **Project number:** 5T32AI138953-03
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID Joseph SULLIVAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $285,071
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10144930

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10144930, Malaria and Mosquito-borne Diseases (5T32AI138953-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10144930. Licensed CC0.

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