Core Parasitology (3122) – term 1

• ‘Human African trypanosomiasis’ – An overview of the biology of Trypanosoma brucei and the disease it causes.

Recombinant DNA Techniques (3131) – term 2

• ‘Gene Structure & Expression’ – An overview of gene organisation in various organisms and some of the techniques used to explore it and its impact on expression.

Advanced Training in Molecular Biology (3158) – term 2
Deputy module organiser (since 2022/23; module organiser 2013/14-2021/22).

• ‘Chromosome Structure & Organisation’ – DNA organisation in the nucleus, and how this influences eukaryotic gene expression.
• ‘Epigenetics’ – The roles of DNA methylation and histone modification in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes.
• ‘Scientific writing‘ – How to write a scientific paper.

Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (3169) – term 3

• ‘Anti-Protozoal Drug Resistance: Trypanosomatids’ – Drug resistance in Leishmania and Trypanosoma, and some of the approaches used to understand it.
• ‘Drug sensitivity assays’ – Determining drug sensitivity in protozoal parasites (Crithidia) and human cells; theory and practice.

Molecular and Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases (3260) – term 3

• ‘Trypanosoma brucei immune evasion strategies’ – How African trypanosomes evade the adaptive immune system via antigenic variation and the trypanolytic factors in human serum.

Research Degree Management

Since 2021 Joint Head of Doctoral College (LSHTM)

2020-2021 Faculty Research Degree Director (Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases)

2014-2020 Departmental Research Degree Coordinator (Department of Infection Biology)