Biography
Annabel Murphy-Fegan is a Research Assistant working for I2I focusing on method development and optimisation of new and existing vector control tools. She joined Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s (LSTM) Vector Biology Department in 2017 as a Research Assistant and has worked on projects including investigating ‘appropriate tests for the evaluation of behavioural, delayed and sub-lethal effects of insecticides on mosquitoes’ funded by the Gates Foundation and as part of the Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment working on a range of projects related to insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors of malaria in development by the Innovative Vector Control Consortium. She has also worked in the Clinical Sciences group working on the experimental human pheumococcal carriage model.
Prior to working at LSTM Annabel obtained a BSc in combined honours Biological Sciences from the University of Liverpool and an MSc in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors from LSTM.
Selected research publications
Pneumococcal carriage and disease in adults in England 2011-2019: the importance of adults as a reservoir for pneumococcus in communities – Journal: Journal of Infectious Diseases – Published: 15th January 2025
Unpacking WHO and CDC Bottle Bioassay Methods: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Protocol Analysis Revealing Key Outcome Predictors – Journal: Gates Open Research – Published: 18th December 2024
Power calculation for mosquito bioassays: Quantifying variability in the WHO tube bioassay and developing sample size guidance for the PBO synergism assay using a Shiny application – Journal: Gates Open Research – Published: 12th September 2024
Comparative analysis of the Potter Tower and a new Track Sprayer for the application of residual sprays in the laboratory – Journal: Parasites and Vectors – Published: 16th February 2024
Impacts of dual active-ingredient bed nets on the behavioural responses of pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae determined by room-scale infrared video tracking – Journal: Malaria Journal – Published: 23rd April 2023
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