Dr Corine Ngufor is a Reader in Vector Biology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, based in Benin with over 18 years of experience in vector control and malaria prevention. She holds an MSc  in the biology of disease vectors and PhD in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She also serves as Executive Director of the African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID; www.airid-africa.com).

She leads a multidisciplinary research team of approximately 70 staff engaged in the development and evaluation of novel vector control and malaria prevention tools. Dr Ngufor has served as principal investigator on multiple competitive research grants funded by IVCC, WHO, USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund, Unitaid, and several industry partners. Her work has contributed to the development and assessment of next-generation vector control products, including spatial emanators and attractive targeted sugar baits.

Her research portfolio also encompasses evaluations of perennial malaria chemoprevention, studies to improve malaria diagnostic reporting in public health facilities in Benin, and modelling of the impact of vector control interventions. She has supervised and trained 33 early-career researchers, including 15 LSHTM MSc students, 10 University of Abomey-Calavi MSc students, six PhD candidates (one completed, five ongoing), and five postdoctoral researchers.

Dr Ngufor currently serves as a member of the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG), co-chairs the Roll Back Malaria Partnership’s Vector Control Working Group (VCWG), and sits on the Vector Control Technical Advisory Committee of the National Malaria Control Programme in Benin