Dr. Katie Anders

Biography

Associate Professor Katie Anders is an NHMRC Research Fellow in the Planetary Health division at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She is a member of the Monash Health Climate Initiative. Her research interests focus on generating and disseminating knowledge to support the scale-up of effective strategies for controlling dengue vector-borne diseases. Katie's work examines the interactions between local and macro drivers of arboviral disease epidemiology and the effectiveness of various interventions within the Asia-Pacific region. With extensive international experience in epidemiological research and public health practice, she has expertise in the design and implementation of field trials, disease surveillance, and clinical research. As of December 2024, Katie serves as the Director of Impact Assessment for the World Mosquito Program (WMP), a translational research initiative that collaborates with partners across 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Americas to evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and scalability of WMP's Wolbachia mosquito replacement method for controlling dengue and other Aedes-borne viruses. Her previous research includes a cluster randomized control trial for Wolbachia dengue control in Indonesia and focuses on the epidemiology of dengue viral infections in young children. Prior to her current role, Katie worked for six years at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and was involved in infectious disease surveillance at the UK Health Protection Agency in London. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University and holds a Master's degree in Control of Infectious Disease from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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