Dr. Patricia Graves is a specialist in epidemiology of malaria, filariasis and other vector-borne diseases, with extensive experience in applied research and consulting in the Pacific, Africa and Asia. From 2007 to 2011, she worked as epidemiologist for The Carter Center, Atlanta GA USA, conducting program implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation of integrated control programs for malaria, filariasis and other neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia and Nigeria. She has been an advisor to the Pacific Regional Filariasis Elimination program since 2000 especially on survey design and evaluation of control programs.

Dr. Graves has been a successful short-term consultant for the World Bank, WHO, AusAID and USAID for support to and evaluation of malaria and filariasis control programmes in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Viet Nam, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. She also has long-term project management and applied research experience in America Samoa, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, The Gambia, Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Dr. Graves has conducted laboratory and field research on genetic control of mosquitoes, malaria transmission and transmission blocking immunity, effectiveness of interventions such as insecticidal mosquito nets, rapid diagnostic tests, and the relationship between viruses and type 1 diabetes.

Interests

Research

• Elimination programmes for malaria and neglected tropical diseases; vector-borne disease epidemiology and control; systematic reviews and meta-analysis; improvement of control programs for vector-borne diseases; disease surveillance.

Experience

• 1995 to 2013 - Independent Consultant, EpiVec Consulting (Fort Collins CO , Atlanta GA and Cairns)
• 2007 to 2011 - Epidemiologist, The Carter Center (Atlanta GA USA)

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Medical Microbiology (1108)
• Clinical Sciences (1103)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public Health (9204)
• Clinical Health (9201)

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Journal Articles

• Allen T, Taleo F, Graves P, Wood P, Taleo G, Baker M, Bradley M and Ichimori K (2017) Impact of the Lymphatic Filariasis Control Program towards elimination of filariasis in Vanuatu, 1997-2006. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45 (8). pp. 1-11
• Coutts S, King J, Pa'au M, Fuimaono S, Roth J, King M, Lammie P, Lau C and Graves P (2017) Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45. pp. 1-10
• Dickson B, Graves P and McBride W (2017) Lymphatic filariasis in mainland South-East Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and disease burden. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (3).
• Douglass J, Graves P, Lindsay D, Becker L, Mason J, Aye N, Win S, Wai T, Win Y and Gordon S (2017) Lymphatic filariasis increases tissue compressibility and extracellular fluid in lower limbs of asymptomatic young people in Central Myanmar. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (4).
• Douglass J, Graves P and Gordon S (2017) Intrarater reliability of tonometry and bio-impedance spectroscopy to measure tissue compressibility and extracellular fluid in the legs of healthy young people in Australia and Myanmar. Lymphatic Biology and Research, 15 (1). pp. 57-63
• Feterl M, Graves P, Seehofer L, Warner J, Wood P, Miles K and Hutton R (2017) The epidemiology of malaria in Kutubu, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, before and during a private sector initiative for malaria control. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (1). pp. 1-18
• Lau C, Sheridan S, Ryan S, Roineau M, Andreosso A, Fuimaono S, Tufa J and Graves P (2017) Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping Mass Drug Administration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (9).
• Masson J, Douglass J, Roineau M, Saw Aye K, May Htwe K, Warner J and Graves P (2017) Relative performance and predictive values of plasma and dried blood spots with filter paper sampling techniques and dilutions of the lymphatic filariasis Og4C3 antigen ELISA for samples from Myanmar. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (2). pp. 1-10
• Masson J, Douglass J, Roineau M, Saw Aye K, May Htwe K, Warner J and Graves P (2017) Concordance between plasma and filter paper sampling techniques for the lymphatic filariasis Bm14 antibody ELISA. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (2). pp. 1-9
• Pretrick M, Melrose W, Chaine J, Canyon D, Carron J, Graves P and Bradbury R (2017) Identification and control of an isolated, but intense focus of lymphatic filariasis on Satawal Island, Federated States of Micronesia, in 2003. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45 (17). pp. 1-5
• Taleo F, Taleo G, Graves P, Wood P, Kim S, Ozaki M, Joseph H, Chu B, Pavluck A, Yajima A, Melrose W, Ichimori K and Capuano C (2017) Surveillance efforts after mass drug administration to validate elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Vanuatu. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45. pp. 1-10
• Uthman O, Graves P, Saunders R, Gelband H, Richardson M and Garner P (2017) Safety of primaquine given to people with G6PD deficiency: systematic review of prospective studies. Malaria Journal, 16. pp. 1-14

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Completed

• Standardisation and commericalisation of a filarial antibody test for use in the global lymphatic filariasis elimination programme (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Detecting the unseen: covert tissue changes in lymphatic filariasis and implications for the future of morbidity management (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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