Jump to content

Mary Cameron (entomologist)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary Cameron
FRES
Alma materBedford College, University of London (BSc)
University of London (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Mary M. Cameron FRES is a medical entomologist in the United Kingdom. In 2019 she was the Professor of Medical Entomology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Education and career

[edit]

Cameron obtained a BSc in Zoology in 1983 from Bedford College (now Royal Holloway, University of London) and then a PhD in Entomology in 1987 from the University of London.[1]

She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and then a research fellow at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, before moving to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1995 as a lecturer, where she is now[when?] Professor of Medical Entomology.[2]

Research

[edit]

Cameron carries out field and laboratory research focusing on the surveillance and control of a wide range of vector-borne diseases, particularly leishmaniasis. She works internationally and she is a member of the World Health Organisation's Regional Technical Advisory Group focussing on Kala-azar disease elimination in South-East Asia.[3]

She is editor of the Royal Entomological Society's journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology.[4] In 2013 she co-edited a book Biological and Environmental Control of Disease Vectors published by the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International.[5]

Cameron is cofounder and director of Vecotech, a spin-off company of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[6]

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Mary Cameron". LSHTM. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Professor Mary Cameron | LCNTDR". www.londonntd.org. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Professor Mary Cameron | GNATWORK". www.gnatwork.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Medical and Veterinary Entomology". Royal Entomological Society. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Biological and Environmental Control of Disease Vectors". CABI.org. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Home". Vecotech. Retrieved 15 December 2019.