Steve Taylor
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
My lab website has a fuller description of my research activities: https://sites.duke.edu/taylorlab/.
Projects
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Impact of Sickle-Trait on Transcriptional Regulation in P. falciparum Parasites
Mali
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Malaria chemoprevention in children with sickle cell anemia in Western Kenya
Kenya
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Pregnant women as a sentinel group for malaria surveillance in an era of changing malaria transmission
Mozambique
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Bloodborne tropical pathogen detection using multiple nanophotonic arrays
United States, Kenya
Publications
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Rascón-García K, Lapp Z, Markwalter CF, Kimachas E, Abel L, Obala A, et al. Do Piperonyl Butoxide Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets Provide Additional Protection Against Malaria Infections Compared with Conventional Nets in an Operational Setting in Western Kenya? Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Nov 18;114(1):123–33.Gaston DD, Markwalter CF, Grassia JT, Freedman B, Wang L-F, Obala AA, et al. Incidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Neutralizing Antibodies in a Rural Community in Western Kenya during the First 24 Months of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Nov 5;113(5):1071–4.Pires CV, Oberstaller J, Wang C, Gibbons J, Micchelli C, Zhang M, et al. Phenotypic screens reveal Plasmodium falciparum genetic factors associated with infection of sickle-trait cells. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2025 Nov;115:102951.Abel L, Kimachas E, Omollo E, Nalianya E, Chepkwony T, Kipkoech J, et al. Relationship between malaria vector survival, infectivity, and insecticide-treated net use in western Kenya. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Nov 12;17(1):464.
See more publications at Scholars@Duke