Global Health Seminar Series 2023-2024
Thursday, September 28, 2023 / 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
We are excited to announce our first seminar speaker for the 2023-2024 academic year, Professor Alan F. Cowman, who among his many roles is acting Director of Australia’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). An internationally acclaimed expert in malaria research, Prof. Cowman heads a laboratory at WEHI where he and his team aim to advance the understanding of how malaria-causing parasites invade human cells. In 2019 Prof. Cowman was recognized with the Companion of the Order of Australia for his “eminent service to the biological sciences, notably to molecular parasitology, to medical research and scientific education, and as a mentor.”
Prof. Cowman and his lab study Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium spp. to determine how they infect humans and cause disease. The team collaborates with the Merck pharmaceutical company to develop novel antimalarials, and this academic/industrial collaboration has resulted in development of a clinical candidate that is now in first-in-human clinical trials.
You can learn more about Prof. Cowman and the Cowman Lab here.
