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Personal data
Name: Christian William Wang
e-mail: [email protected]
Work address
Centre for translational Medicine and Parasitology (CMP)
University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM)
Maersk Tower 07-11, Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3B,
DK-2200 Copenhagen Denmark
Current position
2017 – Associate Professor in Molecular Parasitology and International Health
Past positions
2013 – 2017 Postdoc, CMP, UCPH
2012 – 2013 Scientific Research Assistant, UCPH and Rigshospitalet
2009 – 2012 PhD Fellow, UCPH
2008 – 2009 Scientific Research Assistant, UCPH
Education
2012 PhD Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH, Denmark. Area: Molecular Parasitology / International Health
2008 MSc in Biology, Faculty of Science, UCPH, Denmark
Research and activities: https://cmp.ku.dk/research/teamtanzania/
Course leader: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/education/summercourses/international-health/
https://kurser.ku.dk/course/smea15075u
Geographical footprint
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Turkey; Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Israel, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam; North America: Canada, Mexico, USA (Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin); Central America and the Caribbean: Belize, Cuba, Guatemala; Africa: Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Short presentation
See: http://cmp.ku.dk/research/teamdiscovery/
Short presentation
See https://cmp.ku.dk/research/teamtanzania/
Keywords
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
- Parasitology
- malaria
- Immunology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Kinetics of antimalarial antibodies in children with common haemoglobinopathies in a Tanzanian population
Manjurano, A., Sepulveda, N., Mkumbaye, S., Clark, T. G., Ndaro, A., Wang, C. W., Turner, L., Theander, T. G., Tetteh, K. K. A., Riley, E., Mosha, F. W. & Drakeley, C. J., 2026, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 17, 11 p., 1685626.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Longitudinal surveillance of Anopheles mosquitoes across different settings in Tanga and Unguja: increased distribution of An. merus in coastal and inland areas of Tanzania
Kulaya, N. B., Njotto, L. L., Kaaya, R. D., Kassam, N. A., Schiøler, K. L., Cronie, O., Stensgaard, A.-S., Senyoni, W., Derua, Y. A., Francis, F., Lusingu, J. P. A., Malongo, B. B., Kampango, A., Msellem, M., Magnussen, P., Hansson, H., Kavishe, R. A., Wang, C. W., Alifrangis, M. & Saleh, F. & 1 others, , 2026, In: Malaria Journal. 25, 1, 13 p., 138.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Spatio-temporal modelling and prediction of Anopheles mosquito abundance in Tanga and Unguja, Tanzania: climatic drivers and insights for malaria early warning and vector control strategies
Njotto, L. L., Kulaya, N. B., Derua, Y. A., Malongo, B. B., Francis, F., Schiøler, K. L., Hansson, H., Wang, C. W., Saleh, F., Baraka, V., Alifrangis, M., van der Deure, T., Senyoni, W., Cronie, O. & Stensgaard, A.-S., 2026, In: Malaria Journal. 25, 1, 18 p., 145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Changing Plasmodium falciparum malaria prevalence in two villages of northeastern Tanzania between 2003 and 2021 in relation to vectors, interventions and climatic factors
Lyimo, E., Kulaya, N. B., Njotto, L., Kassam, N. A., Gesase, S., Malabeja, A., Liheluka, E. A., Mbwana, J. R., Baraka, V., Alifrangis, M., Kavishe, R. A., Lavstsen, T., Mmbando, B. P., Theander, T. G., Minja, D. T. R., Lusingu, J. P. A. & Wang, C. W., 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, 14 p., 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Identification of broadly inhibitory anti-PfEMP1 antibodies by mass spectrometry sequencing of plasma IgG from a malaria-exposed child
Turner, L., Nunez de Villavicencio Diaz, T., Raghavan, S. S. R., Kana, I. H., Lyimo, E., Reitzel, C., Wang, C. W., Berube, E., Jensen, R. W., Loeffler, J. R., Fernández-Quintero, M. L., Theander, T. G., Lusingu, J. P. A., Le Bihan, T., Han, X., Minja, D. T. R., Ward, A. B., Ma, B. & Lavstsen, T., 26 Aug 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 34, 8 p., e2508744122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The impact of intermittent preventive treatment in school aged children with dihydroartemisinin piperaquine and artesunate amodiaquine on IgG response against six blood stage Plasmodium falciparum antigens
Lyimo, E., Makenga, G., Turner, L., Lavstsen, T., Lusingu, J. P. A., Van Geertruyden, J.-P., Minja, D. T. R., Wang, C. W. & Baraka, V., 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1, 16 p., e0316482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Contact allergens in African countries: A review of published patch test studies
Bonefeld, N. M., Menné, T., Ahrensbøll-Friis, U., Gadsbøll, A. S. Ø., Wang, C. W., Theander, T. G., Masenga, E. J., Mavura, D., Ødum, N., Bonefeld, C. M. & Geisler, C., 2024, In: Contact Dermatitis. 90, 2, p. 103-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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High content of hexavalent chromium in cement samples from three African countries
Bonefeld, N. M., Menné, T., Ahrensbøll-Friis, U., Gadsbøll, A. S. Ø., Wang, C. W., Theander, T. G., Masenga, E. J., Mavura, D., Msuya, H., Ofori, M. F., Kløverpris, H., Ødum, N., Bonefeld, C. M. & Geisler, C., 2024, In: Contact Dermatitis. 91, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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