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Louisa A. Messenger, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Dr. Louisa Messenger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at UNLV School of Public Health. Prior to joining UNLV in Aug. 2022, she was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with more than 16 years of experience, specialising primarily in molecular entomology and parasitology of vector-borne diseases across multiple continents.
Dr. Messenger earned her PhD (2015) and MSc (2009, Distinction) from the LSHTM and a BA (2008) from the University of Cambridge. To date, she has published her research findings as 100 peer reviewed papers and worked on projects in more than 20 countries across Latin America and Africa, maintaining close collaborations with local research institutions and key international donors and stakeholders, including the CDC, the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Messenger has made substantial contributions to two main research areas: the development and evaluation of innovative vector control interventions and the application of basic science techniques to improve disease surveillance and management strategies. As the current Co-Director of the Parasitology and Vector Biology (PARAVEC) laboratory at UNLV-SPH, she is responsible for a diverse research agenda focused on improving regional and international surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases, principally, malaria, arboviruses and Chagas disease.

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