Chief, Molecular Pathogenesis and Biomarkers Section
Education:
Ph.D., Hebrew University, Israel
M.Sc., Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Biography
Dr. Fried earned her Ph.D. in molecular parasitology at Hebrew University (Israel) and M.Sc. in biochemistry at Ben-Gurion University (Israel). Her groundbreaking work elucidated the molecular basis of placental malaria and described the model of protective immunity that is the basis of current pregnancy malaria vaccine development. This model of pregnancy malaria is currently expanded to studies of severe malaria in children carried out in longitudinal studies in Africa.