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SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem
ologies—James Mutunga
DESCRIPTION:\nJames Mutunga is an assistant professor in the biology pro
gram of the School of Science Engineering and Technology at Penn State H
arrisburg campus. He earned a bachelor of science degree and master of s
cience degree in biology from Jomo-Kenyatta University (Kenya)\, a docto
r degree in entomology from Virginia Tech\, and a postdoc in insect toxi
cology at the University of Florida. Prior to joining Penn State\, James
worked in various scientific research and academic institutions includi
ng Genesis Biolabs (Colorado)\, the International Center of Insect Physi
ology and Ecology (icipe-Kenya)\, the County Government of Machakos (Ken
ya)\, the U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa\, Mount Kenya Un
iversity and Vestergaard Sarl (Lausanne\, Switzerland).\n\nHis research
utilizes a translational approach that involves disciplines such as ecol
ogy\, field entomology\, biochemistry and molecular biology to study art
hropod disease vector and pest bionomics. His work is aimed at advancing
novel strategies to mitigate the increasing disease burden and risk ass
ociated with pests and vectors\, with a focus on insecticide resistance
adaptations. In addition to student-engaged research\, graduate and unde
rgraduate advising\, James teaches several courses that include introduc
tory ecology\, populations and communities\, and the ecology of infectio
us diseases.\n\nAbstract\n\nTitle: “Navigating the insecticide resistanc
e dilemma in disease vector control: a lab-to-field research landscape i
n African malaria mosquitoes ”\n\nInsecticide resistance remains a growi
ng threat to insect pest and disease vector control. Although the World
Health Organization Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) and the Interna
tional Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) provide guidelines
on resistance management at the operational level\, the implementation
of these guidelines has been an impediment across African countries. The
re is needfor continued research on products and strategies for resistan
ce management in order to sustain the public health gains associated wit
h disease vector control. A recent advancement has been the current use
of new generation combination chemistry bed nets for malaria control in
Africa\, approved by WHO in 2023. There are emerging concerns of potenti
al resistance development in these nets. In this paper\, we present a la
b-to-field landscape of studies that our research team has undertaken in
developing resistance-breaking chemistries for malaria mosquitoes. We h
ighlight the milestones achieved and lessons learnt\, for adoption in a
public health perspective of controlling malaria mosquitoes.\n\nFor more
details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-james
-mutunga/
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s an assistant professor in the biology program of the School of Science
Engineering and Technology at Penn State Harrisburg campus. He earned a
bachelor of science degree and master of science degree in biology from
Jomo-Kenyatta University (Kenya), a doctor degree in entomology from Vi
rginia Tech, and a postdoc in insect toxicology at the University of Flo
rida. Prior to joining Penn State, James worked in various scientific re
search and academic institutions including Genesis Biolabs (Colorado), t
he International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe-Kenya),
the County Government of Machakos (Kenya), the U.S. Army Medical Researc
h Directorate-Africa, Mount Kenya University and Vestergaard Sarl (Lausa
nne, Switzerland).
His research utilizes a translational approach
that involves disciplines such as ecology, field entomology, biochemistr
y and molecular biology to study arthropod disease vector and pest biono
mics. His work is aimed at advancing novel strategies to mitigate the in
creasing disease burden and risk associated with pests and vectors, with
a focus on insecticide resistance adaptations. In addition to student-e
ngaged research, graduate and undergraduate advising, James teaches seve
ral courses that include introductory ecology, populations and communiti
es, and the ecology of infectious diseases.
Abstract
Title: “
Navigating the insecticide resistance dilemma in disease vector control:
a lab-to-field research landscape in African malaria mosquitoes ”
Insecticide resistance remains a growing threat to insect pest and disea
se vector control. Although the World Health Organization Pesticide Eval
uation Scheme (WHOPES) and the International Insecticide Resistance Acti
on Committee (IRAC) provide guidelines on resistance management at the o
perational level, the implementation of these guidelines has been an imp
ediment across African countries. There is needfor continued research on
products and strategies for resistance management in order to sustain t
he public health gains associated with disease vector control. A recent
advancement has been the current use of new generation combination chemi
stry bed nets for malaria control in Africa, approved by WHO in 2023. Th
ere are emerging concerns of potential resistance development in these n
ets. In this paper, we present a lab-to-field landscape of studies that
our research team has undertaken in developing resistance-breaking chemi
stries for malaria mosquitoes. We highlight the milestones achieved and
lessons learnt, for adoption in a public health perspective of controlli
ng malaria mosquitoes.
For more details: https://events.
la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-james-mutunga/
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