Speaker: Dr. Lauren Cohee. Bio: Dr. Lauren Cohee is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and a faculty member in the Center for Vaccine and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Since 2011, she has been a co-investigator in Malawi's International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research. In response to the findings of high rates of malaria infection and gametocytemia in school-age children in these studies, she conducted school-based studies in Malawi showing that antimalarial treatment of school children may reduce malaria transmission in the surrounding community and that malaria chemoprophylaxis can be delivered alongside annual deworming campaigns. Still focused on interventions in school aged children, Dr. Cohee led meta-analyses showing that antimalarial treatment of asymptomatic students decreases the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence, clinical malaria and anemia. Her work led her to obtain a NIH K23 Career Development Award for research on identifying reservoirs of malaria transmission and defining the burden of malaria in school-age children, as well as evaluating interventions to decrease the burden of malaria in school-age children. Dr. Cohee received her medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in pediatrics and was a chief resident in the Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Cohee completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.