Manoj Duraisingh

Professor Manoj Duraisingh is the John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan) and Associate Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Since joining the Harvard Chan in 2002, Professor Duraisingh’s research program has focused on the biology of host-parasite interactions in malaria. His laboratory develops and applies the latest genetic technologies associated with Plasmodium spp. and red blood cells to elucidate and study the critical interactions between the host cell and the malaria parasite. Professor Duraisingh is also engaged in collaborative studies in malaria endemic areas, where he focuses on the biology and pathogenesis of P. vivax and P. falciparum parasites in natural populations. He is lead investigator of the pathogenesis and infection biology project of the India-based National Institutes of Health-funded International Center for Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) in South Asia and investigator of the Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA).