Dionicia Gamboa

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Dionicia Gamboa is a Peruvian parasitologist and associate professor at Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt, Cayetano Heredia University.[1] Her research focusses on Plasmodium vivax, a major malaria parasite species in South America (as well as South-East Asia).[2]

Early life and education[]

Gamboa grew up in Chiclayo.[3] She studied at I.E. Nuestra Señora del Rosario School. When Gamboa finished school, she moved to Lima to pursue university studies.[4] Gamboa grew up wanting to be a doctor, initially endeavouring to go to medical school; however, her first application was rejected.[4] While studying to re-apply, Gamboa found her true passion for research, and eventually did her bachelor's degree in biology and master's degree in biochemistry at Cayetano Heredia University.[1] Gamboa moved to The Netherlands for her PhD on Leishmania at Maastricht University.[4][5]

Research[]

She built up the malaria group at the Institute of Tropical Medicine to a team of around 50 people conducting lab-based studies locally in Lima and field-work around Iquitos.[4][5]

Gamboa and her group work with , WHO, and the Peruvian Ministry of Health, to track mosquito breeding and malaria transmission in the Amazon.[6] 96% of the malaria burden for Peru is found in the rainforest-laden Department of Loreto, where the most abundant vector is Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes.[6] Her research team used aerial drones to construct maps of where large bodies of stagnant water can be found across the rural region, which provide fertile habitats for developing mosquitoes.[6][7]

Gamboa was awarded an Elsevier Foundation Award in 2013 for her work as a young woman scientist on her continent.[5][8][9] However she recently commented on the disappointment that her country was no longer entitled to discounted access to the Elsevier journals due to recent economic growth.[10] In 2016 Gamboa was given the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards by L'Oréal Peru, UNESCO and The National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica), worth 45,000 Peruvian sols.[11][12][13] Gamboa is a project lead at the Amazonian Center of Excellence in Malaria Research established by the NIH and lead by Joseph Vinetz.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gamboa, Dionicia (2015-03-06). "Women in science: A perspective from Peru". Research in progress blog. Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. ^ "Calor en la Amazonía". nmas1.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  3. ^ Perú, Redacción El Comercio (2017-02-16). "La ciencia seduce cada vez más a las peruanas [Interactivo]". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  4. ^ a b c d "Young Women Scientists - A bright future for the Americas: Discover why and how these young women decided to become scientists" (PDF). IANAS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 20 Dec 2019.
  5. ^ a b c PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Investigadora peruana obtiene premio mundial para mujeres jóvenes científicas". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  6. ^ a b c "Tackling malaria hotspots in the Amazon jungle". www.who.int. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. ^ Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel; Manrique, Edgar; Ruiz-Cabrejos, Jorge; Saavedra, Marlon; Alava, Freddy; Bickersmith, Sara; Prussing, Catharine; Vinetz, Joseph M.; Conn, Jan E.; Moreno, Marta; Gamboa, Dionicia (2019-01-17). "High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13 (1): e0007105. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007105. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 6353212. PMID 30653491.
  8. ^ Elsevier. "Awards recognize women scientists in developing countries". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. ^ admin. "INVESTIGADORA DE UPCH, DIONICIA GAMBOA, OBTIENE EL PREMIO A JÓVENES CIENTÍFICAS OTORGADO POR LA FUNDACIÓN ELSEVIER – Diario Médico Perú" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  10. ^ Schiermeier, Quirin; Mega, Emiliano Rodríguez (2017-01-05). "Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan to lose access to Elsevier journals". Nature News. 541 (7635): 13. Bibcode:2017Natur.541...13S. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.21223. PMID 28054621.
  11. ^ "Congratulation to Ms. Dionicia Gamboa Ph.D. - "For Women in Science" award". Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 20 Dec 2019.
  12. ^ "Investigadoras peruanas reciben premio "Por las Mujeres en la Ciencia" otorgado por LOREAL, UNESCO y CONCYTEC". portal.concytec.gob.pe. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  13. ^ Peru21, Redacción (2016-03-18). "Dos investigadoras peruanas fueron reconocidas con premio 'Por Las Mujeres en la Ciencia' por aportes al sector salud". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  14. ^ "Amazonian ICEMR | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases". www.niaid.nih.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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