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Clarissa Valim, MD

Research Associate Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 414-1260
cvalim@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Dr. Clarissa Valim received her MD from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1988 and her ScD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases (Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases) at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), in 2003. She also has an MSc in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the National School of Public Health / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and an SM in Biostatistics from the HSPH. She worked as a Biostatistician in the Division of Clinical Research of Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School until 2011, and then as a Research Scientist at the HSPH.
Clarissa’s research focuses on the epidemiology and immunology of malaria and malaria vaccine trials, novel biomarkers to detect microcephaly and other serious complications of the zika virus during pregnancy and inflammatory response patterns to determine the etiology of fever in young children. Her work on malaria takes her to Malawi, the work on Zika takes her to Brazil and the work on childhood fever and pneumonia takes her to the Gambia.

Education

  • University of Estado Do Rio De Jarviro, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD Field of Study: Public Health
  • Harvard School of Public Health, SM/ScM Field of Study: Biostatistics

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS722
  • SPHGH941
  • SPHPH717

Publications

  • Published on 3/5/2024

    Dobbs KR, Atieli HE, Valim C, Beeson JG. Previous Malaria Exposures and Immune Dysregulation: Developing Strategies To Improve Malaria Vaccine Efficacy in Young Children. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 03; 110(4):627-630. PMID: 38442424.

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  • Published on 4/7/2023

    Mbewe RB, Keven JB, Mangani C, Wilson ML, Mzilahowa T, Mathanga DP, Valim C, Laufer MK, Walker ED, Cohee LM. Genotyping of Anopheles mosquito blood meals reveals nonrandom human host selection: implications for human-to-mosquito Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Malar J. 2023 Apr 07; 22(1):115. PMID: 37029433.

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  • Published on 4/3/2023

    Bressan CDS, Teixeira MLB, Gouvêa MIFDS, de Pina-Costa A, Santos HFP, Calvet GA, Lupi O, Siqueira AM, Valls-de-Souza R, Valim C, Brasil P. Challenges of acute febrile illness diagnosis in a national infectious diseases center in Rio de Janeiro: 16-year experience of syndromic surveillance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Apr; 17(4):e0011232. PMID: 37011087.

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  • Published on 11/16/2022

    Beeson JG, Kurtovic L, Valim C, Asante KP, Boyle MJ, Mathanga D, Dobano C, Moncunill G. The RTS,S malaria vaccine: Current impact and foundation for the future. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Nov 16; 14(671):eabo6646. PMID: 36383682.

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  • Published on 10/11/2022

    Cohee LM, Goupeyou-Youmsi J, Seydel KB, Mangani C, Ntenda P, Sixpence A, Mbewe RB, Matengeni A, Takala-Harrison S, Walker ED, Wilson ML, Mzilahowa T, Laufer MK, Valim C, Taylor TE, Mathanga DP. Understanding the Intransigence of Malaria in Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Oct 11; 107(4_Suppl):40-48. PMID: 36228915.

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  • Published on 10/11/2022

    Mangani C, Mzilahowa T, Cohee L, Kayange M, Ntenda P, Sixpence A, Gumbo A, Lankhulani S, Goupeyou-Youmsi J, Walker E, Laufer M, Valim C, Seydel K, Wilson ML, Taylor T, Mathanga DP. Malawi ICEMR Malaria Research: Interactions and Results Influencing Health Policies and Practices. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Oct 11; 107(4_Suppl):49-54. PMID: 36228911.

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  • Published on 8/12/2022

    Cohee LM, Peterson I, Buchwald AG, Coalson JE, Valim C, Chilombe M, Ngwira A, Bauleni A, Schaffer-DeRoo S, Seydel KB, Wilson ML, Taylor TE, Mathanga DP, Laufer MK. School-Based Malaria Screening and Treatment Reduces Plasmodium falciparum Infection and Anemia Prevalence in Two Transmission Settings in Malawi. J Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 12; 226(1):138-146. PMID: 35290461.

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  • Published on 5/23/2022

    Macià D, Campo JJ, Moncunill G, Jairoce C, Nhabomba AJ, Mpina M, Sorgho H, Dosoo D, Traore O, Kusi KA, Williams NA, Oberai A, Randall A, Sanz H, Valim C, Asante KP, Owusu-Agyei S, Tinto H, Agnandji ST, Kariuki S, Gyan B, Daubenberger C, Mordmüller B, Petrone P, Dobaño C. Strong off-target antibody reactivity to malarial antigens induced by RTS,S/AS01E vaccination is associated with protection. JCI Insight. 2022 May 23; 7(10). PMID: 35446785.

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  • Published on 1/21/2022

    Moncunill G, Carnes J, Chad Young W, Carpp L, De Rosa S, Campo JJ, Nhabomba A, Mpina M, Jairoce C, Finak G, Haas P, Muriel C, Van P, Sanz H, Dutta S, Mordmüller B, Agnandji ST, Díez-Padrisa N, Williams NA, Aponte JJ, Valim C, Neafsey DE, Daubenberger C, McElrath MJ, Dobaño C, Stuart K, Gottardo R. Transcriptional correlates of malaria in RTS,S/AS01-vaccinated African children: a matched case-control study. Elife. 2022 01 21; 11. PMID: 35060479.

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  • Published on 12/6/2021

    Gillette MA, Mani DR, Uschnig C, Pellé KG, Madrid L, Acácio S, Lanaspa M, Alonso P, Valim C, Carr SA, Schaffner SF, MacInnis B, Milner DA, Bassat Q, Wirth DF. Biomarkers to Distinguish Bacterial From Viral Pediatric Clinical Pneumonia in a Malaria-Endemic Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 12 06; 73(11):e3939-e3948. PMID: 33534888.

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