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Kamala is the senior researcher and senior lecturer committed to public health and tropical medicine and has more than 10 years of field experience in Africa and Asia, coordinating clinical trials to inform treatment of the management of infectious diseases.
Her current research at Menzies focuses on optimising the treatment of P. vivax and developing public health strategies for malaria elimination. Her research program spans clinical trials and epidemiological studies and incorporates related aspects of health economics and social science.
She has published in leading international journals such as PLOS Med and the Lancet.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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EFFORT clinical trial: Effectiveness of tafenoquine and primaquine
Ley-Thriemer, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Cassidy-Seyoum, S. (Student Investigator)
16/08/21 → 26/06/25
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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Evidence-based policy change for more effective radical cure
Ley-Thriemer, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Ruwanpura, V. S. H. (Student Investigator)
12/08/19 → 23/06/25
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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Molecular Surveillance of Drug Resistant Malaria
Ley-Thriemer, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A), Mon, N. C. N. (Associate Investigator) & Tun, M. W. (Associate Investigator)
1/07/15 → 30/05/16
Project: Research
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Vivax malaria radical cure implementation, challenges, and the way forward in the case of South Ethiopia
Ley-Thriemer, K. (Principal Investigator/Chief Investigator A) & Degaga, T. S. (Student Investigator)
31/08/23 → …
Project: HDR Project › PhD
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Acceptability and feasibility of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing using SD Biosensor by village malaria workers in Cambodia: a qualitative study
Cassidy-Seyoum, S. A., Adhikari, B., Chheng, K., Chanpheakdey, P., Meershoek, A., Hsiang, M. S., von Seidlein, L., Tripura, R., Ley, B., Price, R. N., Dysoley, L., Thriemer, K. & Engel, N., 16 Jun 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 6, p. 1-13 13 p., e019615.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative study
Lufele, E., Pascoe, S., Mengi, A., Auwun, A., Neuendorf, N., Bolnga, J. W., Laman, M., Rogerson, S. J., Thriemer, K. & Unger, H. W., Dec 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., 13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Automated reporting of primaquine dose efficacy, tolerability and safety for Plasmodium vivax malaria using a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) Vivax Primaquine Dosing Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety Study Group, Dec 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 400.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-design of a routine clinical review to improve the safety of high dose radical cure treatment for Plasmodium vivax malaria: findings from Cambodia and Ethiopia
Cassidy-Seyoum, S. A., Mwaura, M., Chheng, K., Kejela, M., Korra, K. G., Wodaj, T., Degaga, T. S., Hsiang, M. S., von Seidlein, L., Tripura, R., Adhikari, B., Ley, B., Lek, D., Price, R. N., Engel, N. & Thriemer, K., Dec 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Current global practice and implications for future research on disseminating health research results to study participants: A systematic review
Bagita-Vangana, M., Unger, H. W. & Thriemer, K., Aug 2025, In: PLoS Medicine. 22, 8 August, p. 1-22 22 p., e1004569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effectiveness of tafenoquine and primaquine for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a meeting report from dissemination of results of the EFFORT trial to stakeholders in Pakistan
Qurashi, B., Zaidi, S. E. Z., Mushtaque, M., Faisal, A., Haroon, Z., Agha, B., Hammal, N., Hameed, A., Raza, A., Ali, U., Khan, A., Jabbar, F. A., Adam, Z. R., Mehmood, T., Price, R. N., Ghanchi, N., Thriemer, K. & Beg, M. A., Nov 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, p. 1-6 6 p., 393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/PAN) combo rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in malaria co-endemic areas in association with parasite density
Christian, M., Ekawati, L. L., Pratama, A. R., Cahyaningati, S., Bere, H. K., Rustam, M., Kalbuadi, I., Andini, J., Yuliana, J., Fadilah, I., Ley, B., Thriemer, K., Price, R. N., Sutanto, I. & Baird, J. K., Dec 2025, In: Malaria Journal. 24, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 39.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Improving primaquine treatment for P. vivax malaria
Ley-Thriemer, K. (Invited speaker)
16 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk