Adelaide Miarinjara

• Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow. Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Georgia USA, January 2021–present.
• Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow. Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Montana USA, January 2018–December 2020
• Research Engineer. Unité d’Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar. Madagascar, 2017
• PhD student intern. Unité d’Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Madagascar, 2014–2017
• Master student intern. Unité d’Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Madagascar, 2013–2014
• Undergraduate studies at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2009–2013, and University of Mahajanga, Madagascar, 2006–2008

The aim of Dr Adelaide Miarinjara research is to determine the vectorial capacity of the human flea, Pulex irritans, in the Madagascar plague context. Vectorial capacity includes the study of the vector’s capability to transmit a pathogen in laboratory conditions, as well as the comprehension of relevant ecological and behavioral traits of the vector that relate to its role in a particular epidemiological context. Results from this project will fill the gap about the uncertain but potential role of the human flea during past and current plague epidemics. More importantly, the results will help to implement a more accurate disease risk evaluation and management, as well as the diffusion of a more accurate community health awareness message in countries like Madagascar.

• ACME Future Leaders Fellowship in International Medical Entomology, 2019
• NIH Intramural Visiting Fellow Program Award, 2017