Karla Rascon-Garcia, PhD, an infectious disease epidemiologist and network science modeler, began a postdoctoral position at the Duke Global Health Institute on April 15th, 2024 where she will work under the mentorship of Dr. Steve Taylor and Dr. Wendy Prudhomme-O’Meara. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California, Davis and joins Duke Global Health Institute as a recent 2022-2023 GloCal Health Fellow having been based in Uganda in 2023 working with trypanosomiasis, a vector-borne parasite. Her current work in the Taylor Lab focuses on better understanding the transmission of malaria parasites between hosts from western Kenya field sites. Her objectives in the Taylor Lab consist of conceptualizing, innovating, and implementing data-driven approaches to malaria vaccine design as well as fostering healthy and fruitful relationships with stakeholders on the ground.

Congratulations to Dr. Rascon-Garcia!