Francisca Mutapi (2017: University of Edinburgh Chancellor’s Award for Impact. 2016: David Livingstone Medal, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.)
Professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity, Deputy Co-Director TIBA
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5456
- Email: F.Mutapi@ed.ac.uk
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Rm. 140B, Ashworth Building
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Background
March 2018-currently: Co-Director, Global Health Academy (University of Edinburgh)
July 2017-currently: Deputy Director TIBA Partnership (Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa) NIHR Unit at the University of Edinburgh.
August 2017-currently: Professor (Global Health Infection and Immunity), School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
2014-July 2017: Reader, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
2011-2014: Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
2005-2011: Research Fellow in Infection and Immunity, University of Edinburgh.
2002-2005: MRC Research Training Fellow in Molecular Parasitology, University of Edinburgh.
2001-2002: University Lecturer in Comparative Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Veterinary Studies, University of Glasgow.
2001: University Lecturer in Microbiology, Birkbeck College, University of London.
1999-2000: Departmental Lecturer in Molecular Parasitology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.
1999-2000: Retained College Lecture in Infectious Diseases, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
1998- 2000: College Lecturer in Statistics and Experimental Design in Biology and Psychology, St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.
1997-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Qualifications
DPhil, Biological Sciences, Linacre College, University of Oxford.
BSc Hons, Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Membership of Learned Socities
Elected Fellow, Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (FZAS)
Elected Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (FAAS)
Elected Fellow, Africa Science Leadership Program and Future Africa Fellow (run by the Global Young Academy and the Robert Bosch Foundation)
2015: Elected Fellow, African Science Institute.
Honorary Academic appointments
2017-currently: Honorary Professor, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
2016-currently: Visiting Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
Undergraduate teaching
Parasite Biology
Animal Biology
Medical and Veterinary Epidemiology
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Strengthening national health research systems in the WHO African Region - progress towards universal health coverage
In:
Globalization and Health, vol. 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0492-8
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
In-depth proteomic characterization of Schistosoma haematobium : Towards the development of new tools for elimination
(23 pages)
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. e0007362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007362
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The anthelmintic drug Praziquantel promotes human Tr1 differentiation
In:
Immunology and Cell Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12229
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Evidence of a distinct group of Black African patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
In:
BMJ Global Health, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. e000697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000697
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Dynamics of paediatric urogenital schistosome infection, morbidity and treatment : a longitudinal study among preschool children in Zimbabwe
In:
BMJ Global Health, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. e000661
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000661
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Paediatric schistosomiasis : What we know and what we need to know
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. e0006144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006144
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Population level changes in schistosome specific antibody levels following chemotherapy
In:
Parasite Immunology, pp. e12604
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pim.12604
Contribution to journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Group 2 ILCs : a way of enhancing immune protection against human helminths?
In:
Parasite Immunology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pim.12450
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Putting the treatment of paediatric schistosomiasis into context
(1 page)
In:
Infectious diseases of poverty, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0300-8
Contribution to journal › Review article (Published) -
Human Schistosomiasis in the post Mass Drug Administration (MDA) era
In:
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30475-3
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Getting a GRiPP on everyday schistosomiasis: experience from Zimbabwe : History of Schistosomiasis Research in Zimbabwe
In:
Parasitology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016001724
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Comparative Assessment of Health Benefits of Praziquantel Treatment of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Preschool and Primary School-Aged Children
(11 pages)
In:
BioMed Research International, vol. 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9162631
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Seroepidemiology of Plasmodium species infections in Zimbabwean population
(10 pages)
In:
Malaria Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 267
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1325-3
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Differences in the faecal microbiome in schistosoma haematobium infected children vs. uninfected children
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 9, no. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003861
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Of monkeys and men : Immunomic profiling of sera from humans and non-human primates resistant to schistosomiasis reveals novel potential vaccine candidates
In:
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 6, no. MAY
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00213
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Changing Policy and Practice in the Control of Pediatric Schistosomiasis
(9 pages)
In:
Pediatrics, vol. 135, no. 3, pp. 536-544
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-3189
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Identifying and evaluating field indicators of urogenital schistosomiasis-related morbidity in preschool-aged children
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 9, no. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003649
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Proportions Are Diminished in Young Helminth Infected Children and Restored by Curative Anti-helminthic Treatment
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 9, no. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003627
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies of Attenuated Schistosoma mansoni Vaccines in the Mouse Model
In:
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 6, no. FEB
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00085
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Down regulation of the TCR complex CD3ζ-chain on CD3+ T cells: a potential mechanism for helminth-mediated immune modulation
In:
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00051
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
2019-ongoing: Senior Adviser to the Principal (University of Edinburgh) on Africa
2019-ongoing:: UKRI GCRF Strategic Advisory Group
2018- ongoing:World Health Organisation Africa Region Director’s Independent Advisory Group
2018-ongoing: World Health Organisation Expert Advisory Group: Guidelines for implementation of control and elimination of schistosomiasis and verification of interruption of transmission
2018-ongoing: Royal Society/African Academy of Science Future Leaders – African Independent Researchers (FLAIR) Fellowships steering committee.
2017-ongoing: Grand Challenges Africa (GC Africa) Steering Committee member. Grand Challenges Africa is a multi-million dollar funding body lead by the African Academy of Sciences and the New Partnership for Africa's Development funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. FM is one of 9 committee members responsible for:
2015-ongoing: Independent Strategic and Scientific Advisory Board of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA). AESA is a pan-African platform established in 2014 as a partnership between the African Academy of Science (AAS) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), and supported by three global funders (Wellcome Trust, DIFID, Gates) to promote long-term development of research leadership, scientific excellence and innovation in Africa.
2015-2016: Chair -WHO committee on treatment of Schistosomiasis in preschool-age children and paediatric Praziquantel formulations WHO, Department of Control and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
2010-2012: WHO committee reviewing results from studies on the treatment of young children for schistosomiasis, WHO, Department of Control and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
2018-ongoing: Chair, UK Department of Health, National Institutes for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Funding Panel- call 2 (Groups).
2018-ongoing: UK Department of Health, NIHR Research Professorships panel.
2017 –ongoing: Deputy Chair, UK Department of Health NIHR –GCRF Funding Panel- Units and Groups
2015-2017: Wellcome Trust Seeds Award Funding Committee.
2016: Wellcome Trust Population and Public Health Expert Review Group, co-opted member.