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Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering (2006), Bachelor of Nursing (2013), Masters in Control of Infectious Diseases (2018) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Caleb Stica is a PhD candidate in the Arbovirus Transmission Research Group at QUT’s Centre for Immunology and Infection Control. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering (2006) as well as a Bachelor of Nursing (2013) and practiced as a Registered Nurse for 4 years in the United States. In 2018, he completed a Masters in Control of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he characterized the insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles mosquito vector populations in Guinea. Prior to commencement of his PhD, Caleb worked as a Research Project Coordinator in the Vector Control Product Testing Unit at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania.
Caleb’s PhD project aims to investigate evolutionary mechanisms of dengue virus, including possible evasion from current biological control methods as well as the human immune response to zoonotic spill-over events. Dengue virus in one of the most important arthropod-borne (arboviral) human pathogens and an improved understanding of viral evolutionary mechanisms is essential to its control.