Punam Amratia is a Senior Research Scientist and the Technical Lead of Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) Dar es Salaam office, located at Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and affiliated to the Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University in Perth in WA, Australia.  With over a decade of experience in malaria epidemiology, biostatistics, and geo-spatial modelling, Dr. Amratia has established herself as a leader in the field, contributing significantly to the understanding and mapping of malaria risk and burden. Through her work, she has provided essential technical support to both malaria elimination settings and High Burden High Impact (HBHI) countries, specializing in cutting-edge geospatial modelling frameworks that leverage multiple metrics from surveillance systems and support strategic decision making. As a skilled educator, Dr. Amratia has developed and taught introductory data science courses at the University of Oxford and as part of the Carpentries and R-ladies, focusing on data handling, manipulation, and visualization. She has also played a pivotal role in capacity strengthening in many malaria-endemic countries through the development of spatial training material and continues to support the learning of those interested in Geostatistics and data science.

Her background includes an MSc in Epidemiology from Imperial College and a PhD in Emerging Pathogens from the University of Florida. Professionally, she has served as a Senior Research Officer at the Telethon Kids Institute, a post-doctoral fellow at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford, a Statistician for the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative in Nairobi, and a Research Officer at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust in Nairobi.