Dominique E. Earland

Class of
2019


Education: 
Southern Methodist University
Biological Sciences and Human Rights majors, Biomedical Anthropology minor
B.A./B.S., 2017

University of Minnesota
Epidemiology Graduate Program
Ph.D., 2025

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-2024
  • JEDI Committee, 2020-2025 (co-chair 2020-2022)
  • WISM, 2024-2025


Thesis Advisor: Kelly Searle, Ph.D.

Thesis Research

Infectious disease, community health and social justice.

Publications (pubmed)

Akambase JA, Ferrão JL, Francisco A, Muhiro V, Novela A, Earland DE, Searle KM. Association of anthelmintic treatment with malaria prevalence in Rural Sussundenga, Mozambique. Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Sep 20;8:417. PMCID: PMC11018338

Searle KM, Earland D, Francisco A, Muhiro V, Novela A, Ferrão J. Household structure is independently associated with malaria risk in rural Sussundenga, Mozambique. Front Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 16;3:1137040. PMCID: PMC10911029

Searle KM, Earland DE, Francisco Bibe A, Novela A, Muhiro V, Ferrão JL. Sci Rep. Long-lasting household damage from Cyclone Idai increases malaria risk in rural western Mozambique. 2023 Dec 7;13(1):21590. PMCID: PMC10703775

Earland DE, Bibe AF, Novela A, Ferrão J, Searle KM. Malar J. Plasmodium falciparum community prevalence and health-seeking behaviours in rural Sussundenga District, Mozambique. 2022 Oct 28;21(1):305. PMCID: PMC9615226

Ferrao J, Earland D, Novela A, Mendes R, Ballat M, Tungadza A, Searle K. Modelling sociodemographic factors that affect malaria prevalence in Sussundenga, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study. F1000Res. 2022 Feb 14;11:185. PMCID: PMC9131438

Ferrão JL, Earland D, Novela A, Mendes R, Tungadza A, Searle KM. Malaria Temporal Variation and Modelling Using Time-Series in Sussundenga District, Mozambique. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 26;18(11):5692. PMCID: PMC8198511

Ferrão JL, Earland D, Novela A, Mendes R, Ballat MF, Tungaza A, Searle KM. Mapping Risk of Malaria as a Function of Anthropic and Environmental Conditions in Sussundenga Village, Mozambique. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 5;18(5):2568. PMCID: PMC7967334

Work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Earland D, Buchwald AG, Sixpence A, Chimenya M, Damson M, Seydel KB, Mathanga DP, Taylor TE, Laufer MK. Impact of Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum Infection on Clinical Disease in Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Aug;101(2):412-415. PMCID: PMC6685583

Wright S, Earland D, Sakhuja S, Junkins A, Franklin S, Padilla L, Aung M, Jolly PE. Anemia in pregnancy in Western Jamaica. Int J Womens Health. 2017 Jun 8;9:431-439. PMCID: PMC5476652

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