Marcia Castro
- Malaria Elimination in the Context of Political Instability and Climate Change
Past Core Course:
- Socio-Cultural Determinants of Malaria Incidence
- Environmental Determinants of Malaria Incidence
- Social and Environmental Determinants of Malaria Transmission
- Opportunities and Challenges for Malaria Control: Voices from the Field
- Social and Environmental Determinants of Malaria Elimination
Marcia Castro is Andelot Professor of Demography, chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, associate faculty of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and faculty member of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Her research focuses on the development and use of multidisciplinary approaches, combining data from different sources, to identify the determinants of malaria transmission in different ecological settings, and to provide evidence for the improvement of current control policies, and the development of new ones. She has more than 20 years of research experience in the Brazilian Amazon, is assessing the role of extreme weather events on malaria and is part of the NIH/ICEMR-Amazonia team. Professor Castro received the 2018 Roger L. Nichols Award for Excellence in Teaching. Professor Castro earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Demography from Princeton University.