Bagrey is a graduate of the University of Malawi (MBBS) and the University of London (MSc in Communicable Disease Epidemiology). As part of his PhD related activities he has mapped the distribution of lymphatic filariasis in Malawi. This work revealed that W. bancrofti infection, which leads to lymphoedema/elephantiasis, is more widely distributed than previously appreciated.

His other projects have focussed on measuring the ‘ancillary’ benefits of mass drug distribution for the control of lymphatic filariasis in the lower Shire Valley of southern Malawi. In a cluster randomised controlled trial he is measuring the impact of distributing albendazole and ivermectin in

18 villages (9 intervention) on intestinal helminths and anthropometric indices. His findings suggest that the combination may have an impact on both the intensity of hookworm infection and the prevalence and severity of anaemia.

Bagrey has an appointment in the Department of Community Medicine as a lecturer at the Malawi College of Medicine. He is currently working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health to develop the Malawi National Programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

Bagrey successfully defended his PhD thesis in 2006.