Estée Torok
@EsteeTorok
Senior Program Officer, Malaria/Global Health @gatesfoundation ID Physician & Microbiologist @CUH_NHS Affiliated Associate Professor @Cambridge_Uni Views my own
Heading home after a wonderful visit to Seattle, catching up with colleagues and celebrating 25 years of the @gatesfoundation
Great to see this preprint on continental #genomic #surveillance of #malaria using nanopore #sequencing in Africa! Congratulations to the many people involved 👏 @mwenda_mulenga @danieljbridges @JasonAHendry1 @PATHtweets @nanopore @gatesfoundation biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Timor-Leste is officially malaria-free! From 223K+ cases in 2006 to zero since 2021 — a powerful story of political will, public health leadership & community resilience. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/0NjuN @GlobalFund @APLMA_Malaria
From surviving malaria as a child to leading cutting-edge research on drug resistance in Africa. @fgtadesse is fighting the parasite from both sides. A powerful story of science, and resilience 🧬🌍 Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄 👉bit.ly/4nWsb22
Apply now for the US / Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium 2026 which will be held in Dakar, Senegal on 2-4 February 2026 Further information is available below and the application deadline is 31 July 2025 nationalacademies.org/event/45168_02…
The #TargetMalariaUganda team at @UVRIug were pleased to welcome Dr @EsteeTorok from the @gatesfoundation to meet the team in person and share updates about the work happening in Uganda. Read more about the visit here by @lingric, @MrTenderi: targetmalaria.org/latest/news/a-… Together…
Interesting article on malaria - a personal perspective - by @fgtadesse @AHRI_Et @LSHTM_malaria nature.com/articles/s4156…
Join @AfricaCDC on Tuesday 15 July 2025 3pm East Africa time (EAT) for an important webinar on target product profiles for #malaria molecular surveillance assays in #public health laboratories n Africa. Register at africacdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Heading home, full of inspiration and gratitude, after meeting @gatesfoundation #malaria grantees and partners in Uganda 🇺🇬 @MinofHealthUG @IDRC_Uganda @UVRIug @CHAI_health @PATHtweets @FightingMalaria
It was an absolute honor to welcome @EsteeTorok to @IDRC_Uganda yesterday as we shared progress on our @gatesfoundation -funded projects. Her visit brought energy, insight, and renewed motivation to our team. #Grateful #GlobalHealth
Announcing the latest version of MalariaGEN’s world-leading malaria parasite data resource: Pf8! 📢 In this release, you’ll find: 🦠 33,325 parasite whole genomes 🌍 Samples from 122 different locations 🗓️ 56 years of data Read more: malariagen.net/article/pf8-re…
Honored to join @EsteeTorok from the @gatesfoundation and fellow partners at yesterday’s @MinofHealthUG meeting. Grateful for the opportunity to share updates on our Gates-funded work and collaborate toward lasting impact in public health. #GlobalHealth #Partnerships
Want to improve your skills in study design for malaria molecular surveillance? Join a 3-day workshop on 6–8 November 2025 in Toronto, Canada, immediately before the @ASTMH conference. For more information and sign up details see below forms.gle/DV61PYcxckrhEX…
Great to see Pf8: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 33,325 worldwide samples published today! Congratulations to the @malariagenomics team and all collaborators! wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-325
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Wonderful to visit #malaria grantees and partners in Kenya this week @JSchultzMD @eochomo @IOyier @MartaFerreiraM2 @danieljbridges @mwenda_mulenga @KEMRI_Kenya @CDCKenya @wrair @LSTM_Kenya @KEMRI_Wellcome
Wonderful to visit malaria grantees and partners in Tanzania and Zanzibar last week @deusishe @Kiware2 Brian Tarimo @ifakarahealth @MalariaAtlas @TargetMalaria
This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) @NatureChemistry nature.com/articles/s4155… nature.com/articles/s4155…
💻 Malaria & Life-Threatening Diseases in Crises 📅 11 June 2025 | 🕕 18:15 BST (in-person) / 18:30 (online) 📍 Portcullis House, Westminster & Online Experts from @RefugeesMedia , @MSF, @GlobalFund & more join @LSHTM_RAFT & #TheMentorInitiative 🔗 shorturl.at/jDDu1
The Cambridge- Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2025 is now open to catalyse new collaborations between Cambridge and African researchers in all disciplines. Read all about it and apply by 5 September. cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/20…