I am a scientist and global health professional with 16 years of experience in the field of pre-clinical and clinical research, and public health, especially in epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases prevention, preparedness, and control in various international settings including resource-limited countries.
Since 2020, I have worked as a technical Officer in the Emerging Technologies, Research Prioritization and Support Unit within the Science Division, of the World Health Organization, Headquarters based in Geneva. In this capacity, I coordinate upstream work on fostering responsible conduct of life sciences, mitigating biorisks, and governing dual-use research in the perspective of global health spanning from the development of governance and mitigation framework, operationalization of the norms and standard, awareness raising and capacity building, continuous dialogues and engagement with different stakeholders from various disciplines, sectors and levels and resource mobilization.
Before joining WHO at the Regional Office for Africa in 2014, where I served for 6 years as the regional focal point for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response, influenza surveillance and response, and the pandemic influenza preparedness works, I worked as a clinical research coordinator in the field of influenza viruses at Pasteur Institute of Madagascar and I completed my postdoctoral training at Novartis Diagnostics and Vaccines in Siena – Italy, where I supported the pre-development team working on Haemophilus influenza B vaccine research.
I hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD), a Master’s degree in tropical medicine and international health, and a PhD in epidemiology of infectious diseases from the University of Versailles (France).
