Cicely Weaver
Student Ambassador
Cicely Weaver is an MSc student in Medical Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. She joined RSTMH driven by her interest in an interdisciplinary approach to addressing global health challenges and tropical medicine research. Her thesis focuses on the future uptake and acceptability of a placental malaria vaccine in rural Malawi. This research will be conducted in combination with Malawi University of Science and Technology and is part of a wider project led by the European Vaccine Initiative which is investigating the future effectiveness of new vaccine candidates in combating placental malaria. Before starting her masters, she completed a BSc in Geography at the University of Bristol.