Affiliateship: 2020-2024
Cohort 5
Country (Nationality)
Cote D'ivoire
Discipline
Medical & Health Sciences
Bio
I completed a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) in Switzerland in June 2017 on the topic “Anthropogenic impacts on Aedes mosquito community dynamics in Côte d’Ivoire”. I undertook my PhD under a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Students at Swiss Higher Education Institutions (FCS/ESKAS). I acquired a solid foundation through advanced courses in Public Health thus allowing me to conduct research successfully, and publish findings in peer-reviewed international journals, including “PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS One, and Parasites and Vectors”.
After my PhD, I returned home (Côte d’Ivoire), where I have actively supported peers (e.g., postdocs, students, technicians) and projects on mosquito-borne diseases, mainly arboviruses, malaria and lymphatic filariasis. I am currently the Study Director for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) programme for vector control at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) and an Assistant Professor at the Centre d’Entolomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire (CEMV) at the Alassane Ouattara University (AOU) in Côte d’Ivoire.
My main research interests include the impacts of anthropogenic changes (i.e., urbanization, agricultural land use, deforestation, chemicals use, etc.) on the ecologies of Aedes vectors and arboviruses (e.g., yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, etc.), and control of diseases in Africa. As a study director, I developed documentation (e.g., quality manuals and SOPs) for GLP accreditation. I conduct GLP and non-GLP studies/trials on the bio-efficacy of insecticide-treated tools (e.g., LLINs, IRS, etc.) against malaria vectors in phase I, II and III.