Women in Malaria conference

The Women in Malaria (WiM) Virtual Conference highlights the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary scientists in the field of malaria. The conference aims to showcase the most exciting work from researchers at all stages of their scientific careers and from all geographic regions.

The second WiM Conference was held in 2025 and organised by Associate Professor Silvie Huijben (Chair), Damaris Matoke (Co-Chair), Dr. Megan Greischar, Dr. Brook Jensen, Dr. Nsa Dada and Dr. Thorey K Jonsdottir. The detailed conference programme can be found HERE and the MESA report from the conference can be accessed HERE.

The 2nd WiM conference was a huge success and packed with two keynote addresses, seven scientific sessions, one selected symposium, a roundtable discussion, poster session and two peer-mentoring workshops. Thank you all who attended the conference and helped amplify the voices of women in malaria research around the world. We hope to see everyone again at the next conference!

2nd WiM Conference Organising Committee

WiM Steering Committee

Elena Gómez-Díaz

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Sarah Reece

University of Edinburgh

Katharine Collins

Open Philanthropy

Conference Sketches

All conference sketches were made by Thorey K Jonsdottir and Sophia Hernandez.

Keynote Speakers

General Speakers

The 1st WiM Conference organisers were Dr. Elena Gómez-Díaz and Professor Sarah Reece. A recap of the first Women in Malaria Conference can be found in the following publication: “Women in Malaria 2021: A Conference Premier“

WiM Conference Partners

Sponsors of the 2nd WiM Conference

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Conference Awards Sponsors

Plenary Sponsors

WiM is hosted by the The University of Edinburgh, UK. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a “Recognised body” which has been granted degree awarding powers.