Mahamoudou Toure

Demonstrated success in public health project and team management, including epidemiology, statistical analysis and literature reviews. Skilled in technical writing, surveillance and field research. Results-driven and proactive with a diligent, responsive and resourceful nature. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Well-versed in epidemiology of hospital and community health center-based disease surveillance and monitoring. Experienced in promoting health of diverse populations, preventing diseases and optimizing current tracking, assessment and containment programs. Motivated to strengthen responses by thoroughly analyzing and interpreting malaria data. Subject matter expert in infectious diseases. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure chief Party position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Age-specific patterns of Malaria burden: 

a.  MalariaGEN. Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples. Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Jan 16;8:22. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18681.1. PMID: 36864926; PMCID: PMC9971654.

b  Touré M, Keita M, Kané F, Sanogo D, Kanté S, Konaté D, Diarra A, Sogoba N, Coulibaly MB, Traoré SF, Alifrangis M, Diakité M, Shaffer JG, Krogstad DJ, Doumbia S. Trends in malaria epidemiological factors following the implementation of current control strategies in Dangassa, Mali. Malar J. 2022 Feb 23;21(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04058-0. PMID: 35197053; PMCID: PMC8867639.

c.  Doumbia S, Toure M, Sogoba N, Alifrangis M, Diakite M, Diarra A, Keita M, Konaté D, Diawara SI, Thiam SM, Keita S, Tounkara M, Cissé I, Sanogo V, Magassa MH, Barry AE, Winch PJ, Marker HC, Shaffer JG, Traoré SF, Müller GC, Cui L, Beier JC, Mihigo J. The West Africa ICEMR Partnerships for Guiding Policy to Improve the Malaria Prevention and Control. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Oct 11;107(4_Suppl):84-89. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1330. PMID: 36228908; PMCID: PMC9662222.

d.  Doumbia S, Sogoba N, Diakite M, Toure M, Keita M, Konaté D, Diawara SI, Diarra A, Sanogo D, Kane F, Diakite SAS, Traore K, Thiam SM, Traoré SF, Cisse I, Mihigo J, Coulibaly MB, Dabitao D, Alifrangis M, Barry AE, Müller GC, Beier JC, Shaffer JG. A Decade of Progress Accelerating Malaria Control in Mali: Evidence from the West Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Oct 11;107(4_Suppl):75-83. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1309. PMID: 36228923; PMCID: PMC9662231.

e.  Maiga FO, Wele M, Toure SM, Keita M, Tangara CO, Refeld RR, Thiero O, Kayentao K, Diakite M, Dara A, Li J, Toure M, Sagara I, Djimdé A, Mather FJ, Doumbia SO, Shaffer JG. Artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mali: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Malar J. 2021 Aug 30;20(1):356. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03890-0. PMID: 34461901; PMCID: PMC8404312.

f.  Konaté D, Diawara SI, Touré M, Diakité SAS, Guindo A, Traoré K, Diarra A, Keita B, Thiam S, Keita M, Sissoko I, Sogoba N, Traoré SF, Krogstad DJ, Doumbia S, Diakité M. Effect of routine seasonal malaria chemoprevention on malaria trends in children under 5 years in Dangassa, Mali. Malaria Journal. 2020 19 (137).

g.  Ateba FF, Sagara I, Sogoba N, Touré M, Konaté D, Diawara SI, Diakité SAS, Diarra A, Coulibaly MD, Dolo M, Dolo A, Sacko A, Thiam SM, Sissako A, Sangaré L, Diakité M, Koita OA, Cissoko M, Traore SF, Winch PJ, Febrero-Bande M, Shaffer JG, Krogtad DJ, Marker HC, Doumbia S, Gaudart J. Spatio-Temporal Dynamic of Malaria Incidence: A Comparison of Two Ecological Zones in Mali. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 30;17(13):4698. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134698. PMID: 32629876; PMCID: PMC7370019.

h.  Konaté D, Diawara SI, Touré M, Diakité SAS, Guindo A, Traoré K, Diarra A, Keita B, Thiam S, Keita M, Sissoko I, Sogoba N, Traoré SF, Krogtad DJ, Doumbia S, Diakité M. Effect of routine seasonal malaria chemoprevention on malaria trends in children under 5 years in Dangassa, Mali. Malar J. 2020 Apr 6;19(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03202-y. PMID: 32252774; PMCID: PMC7137428.

i.  Shaffer JG, Touré MB, Sogoba N, Doumbia SO, Gomis JF, Ndiaye M, Ndiaye D, Diarra A, Abubakar I, Ahmad A, Affara M, Nwakanma D, Lukowski M, Welty JC, Mather FJ, Keating J, Donald John Krogstad. Clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infection and the effectiveness of targeted control measures. Malaria Journal. 2020; 19:33.

j.  Shaffer JG, Mather FJ, Wele M, Li J, Tangara CO, Kassogue Y, Srivastav SK, Thiero O, Diakite M, Sangare M, Dabitao D, Toure M, Djimde AA, Traore S, Diakite B, Coulibaly MB, Liu Y, Lacey M, Lefante JJ, Koita O, Schieffelin JS, Krogstad DJ, Doumbia SO. Expanding Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa Through Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Data Science Training Programs in Mali. Front Genet. 2019 Apr 12;10:331. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00331. PMID: 31031807; PMCID: PMC6473184.

k.  Thompson TA, Touré MB, Sanogo D, Shaffer JG, Doumbia, SO, Krogstad DJ: Template Copy Number and the Sensitivity of Quantitative PCR for Plasmodium falciparum in Asymptomatic Individuals. Malaria Journal. 2020; 19:295.

l.  Diakité SAS, Traoré K, Sanogo I, Clark TG, Campino S, Sangaré M, Dabitao D, Dara A, Konaté DS, Doucouré F, Cissé A, Keita B, Doumbouya M, Guindo MA, Toure MB, Sogoba N, Doumbia S, Awandare GA, Diakité M. A comprehensive analysis of drug resistance molecular markers and Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in two malaria endemic sites in Mali. Malaria Journal. 2019; 18:361.

Population Mobility and Malaria: 

a.  Marshall J, Touré M, Ouédraogo AL, Ndhlovu M, Kiware SS, Rezai A, Nkhama E, Griffin JT, Hollingsworth TD, Doumbia S, Govella NJ, Ferguson NM, Ghani AC. Key traveller groups of relevance to spatial malaria transmission: a survey of movement patterns in four sub-Saharan African countries. Malar J. 2016; 15:200.

b.  Marshall JM, Wu SL, Hector M, Sanchez C, Kiware SS, Ndhlovu M, Ouédrago AL, Touré MB, Sturrock HJ, Ghani AC, Ferguson NM. Mathematical models of human mobility of relevance to malaria transmission in Africa. Springer Nature. 2018; 8 (7713).

Antenatal care as a delivery strategy for Malaria prevention: 

a.  Hill J, Kayentao K, Touré M, Diarwara S, Bruce J, Smedley J, Doumbo OK, O ter Kuile F, Webster J. Effectiveness of Antenatal Clinics to Deliver Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide Treated Nets for the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy in Mali: A Household Survey. Plos One. 2014; 9(3/e): 92012. PMCID: PMC3961285.

b.  Stanley C. W, Jodi L. V. E, Doumbia S., David G. Kleinbaum T K. Rynnan, M Touré and Meredith L. M: Validity of expanded program on imminuzation contact method Health behavior estimates in Mali. Journal of Infectious Disease 10.1093/infdis/jir797, 2011

Seasonal malaria and other febrile diseases epidemiology: 

a.  Touré M, Sanogo D, Dembele S, Diawara SI, Oppfeldt K, Schiøler KL, et al. Seasonality and shift in age-specific malaria prevalence and incidence in Binko and Carrière villages close to the lake in Selingué, Mali. Malar J 2016; 15: 219.

b.  Touré M, Petersen P, Bathily S N’D, Sanogo D, Wang C, Schioler K, Konradsen F, Doumbia S and Alifrangis M. Molecular evidence of malaria and zoonotic diseases among RDT negative febrile patients in low transmission season, Mali. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2017; 96(2): 335-337. PMCID: PMC5303032.

Study Protocol

Toure M et al: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention therapy in children aged under 10 years: A cluster-randomized trial study protocol. JMIR reasearch protocol, October  2023. August 2023. (Accepted October 2023)