Winter A. Okoth, PhD
- Academic Title: Post Doc Fellow
- Primary Appointment: Center For Vaccine Development and Global Health
Research/Clinical Keywords
Infectious Diseases, Vaccines R&D, Vaccine Design, Immunology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Cancer, Malaria, Enteric Mucosal Pathogens, Viruses, Functional Assays, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Public Health, Climate Change, Pre-clinical, Clinical, Liposomes, Antimalarials, Nanoparticles, Global Health
Highlighted Publications
American Academy of Microbiology. 2026. Role of Climate Change on Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: From Attribution to Action in Global Health Preparedness: Report on an American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium held on Oct.9 and 10, 2025. Washington (D.C.) American Society for Microbiology. Role of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases | ASM.org
Oakley MS, Malla P, Hayashi CTH, Majam V, Chorazeczewski JK, Okoth WA, Meredith S, KuKuruga M, Akue A, Rotstein DS, Kumar S. 2025. CD47-mediated selective accumulation of mature Ly49h+ NK cells to the brain associates with the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in mice, The Journal of Immunology, Volume 214, Issue 10, October 2025, Pages 2676-2687, https://doi.org/10.1093/jimmun/vkaf151
Okoth WA, Ho M, Zaman M, Cooper E, Som P, Burgess M, Walton M, Nevagi RJ, Beattie L, Murphy D, Stanisic DI, Good MF. 2023. A CAF01-adjuvanted whole asexual blood-stage liposomal malaria vaccine induces a CD4+ T-cell-dependent strain-transcending protective immunity in rodent models. mBio 14:e02547-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02547-23
Okoth WA, Dukes EJ, Sullivan DJ. 2018. Superior Pyronaridine Single-Dose Pharmacodynamics Compared to Artesunate, Chloroquine, and Amodiaquine in a Murine Malaria Luciferase Model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 62:10.1128/aac.00394-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00394-18