We have a faculty member here at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore who studies malaria and vaccines – specifically the parasites that cause malaria in humans. Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD, was on the first team of scientists to study parasite genomics.
Here is her faculty bio: https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Carneiro-da-Silva-Joana/
Here is a story from a recent project: https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2022/New-Genomic-Research-Shows-Why-Testing-Malaria-Vaccines-in-the-Clinic-is-as-Rigorous-as-Natural-Exposure-in-the-Field.html