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Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, F.A.S.T.M.H.

Academic Title:

Adjunct Professor

Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Education and Training

  • Cornell University, BA, Philosophy, 1982
  • Cornell University Medical College, MD, 1986
  • Columbia University School of Public Health, MPH, Tropical Medicine, 1991
  • Residency, St. Luke’s Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1989 (Chief Resident, 1991)
  • International Fellows Program, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs, 1990
  • Clinical and Research Associate, Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 1994
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1995

Biosketch

An acclaimed scientist and malariologist, Dr. Plowe is recognized internationally for his groundbreaking work on the molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant and “vaccine-resistant” malaria. His malaria research group at the University of Maryland oversaw research in Africa, where he helped establish field research sites in Mali and Malawi, and in Asia, where he is a frequent traveler to new field sites in Myanmar.

While much of today's research on malaria focuses on developing new drugs or vaccines that might save lives in the future, Dr. Plowe's strategy aims to save lives right now by developing new tools to help countries eliminate malaria. His team is using molecular and genomics approaches to track the emergence and spread of drug resistance and to map the “silent reservoir” of malaria parasites responsible for transmission of new infections.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Malaria Drug Resistance, Malaria Genomic and Molecular Epidemiology, HIV-Malaria Interactions, Malaria Drug and Vaccine Efficacy

Highlighted Publications

Adams M, Joshi SN, Mbambo G, Mu AZ, Roemmich SM, Shrestha B, Strauss KA, Johnson NE, Oo KZ, Hlaing TM, Han ZY, Han KT, Thura S, Richards AK, Huang F, Nyunt MM, Plowe CV. An ultrasensitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay to detect asymptomatic low-density Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in small volume blood samples. Malar J. 2015 14:520. PubMed PMID: 26701778; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4690410.

Ouattara A, Barry AE, Dutta S, Remarque EJ, Beeson JG, Plowe CV. Designing malaria vaccines to circumvent antigen variability. Vaccine. 2015 33(52):7506-12. PubMed PMID: 26475447; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4731100.

Huang F, Takala-Harrison S, Jacob CG, Liu H, Sun X, Yang H, Nyunt MM, Adams M, Zhou S, Xia Z, Ringwald P, Bustos MD, Tang L, Plowe CV. A Single Mutation in K13  predominates in Southern China and is associated with delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following artemisinin treatment. J Infect Dis. 2015 212(10):1629-35. PubMed PMID: 25910630; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4621243.

Bailey JA, Pablo J, Niangaly A, Travassos MA, Ouattara A, Coulibaly D, Laurens MB, Takala-Harrison SL, Lyke KE, Skinner J, Berry AA, Jasinskas A, Nakajima-Sasaki R, Kouriba B, Thera MA, Felgner PL, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV. Seroreactivity to a large panel of field-derived Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 and merozoite surface protein 1 variants reflects seasonal and lifetime acquired responses to malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 92(1):9-12. PubMed PMID: 25294612; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4347399.

Takala-Harrison S, Jacob CG, Arze C, Cummings MP, Silva JC, Dondorp AM, Fukuda MM, Hien TT, Mayxay M, Noedl H, Nosten F, Kyaw MP, Nhien NT, Imwong M, Bethell D, Se Y, Lon C, Tyner SD, Saunders DL, Ariey F, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Menard D, Newton PN, Khanthavong M, Hongvanthong B, Starzengruber P, Fuehrer HP, Swoboda P, Khan WA, Phyo AP, Nyunt MM, Nyunt MH, Brown TS, Adams M, Pepin CS, Bailey J, Tan JC, Ferdig MT, Clark TG, Miotto O, MacInnis B, Kwiatkowski DP, White NJ, Ringwald P, Plowe CV. Independent emergence of artemisinin resistance mutations among Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia. J Infect Dis. 2015 211(5):670-9. PubMed PMID: 25180241; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4334802.

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