Working experience
Since September 2016: Lecturer in Epidemiology at the laboratory MESuRS, CNAM, Paris
Field: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling
February 2015 to September 2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modeling, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, UK
Field: Modeling of Infectious Diseases, Vaccination impact modeling, Yellow Fever
Supervision: Neil Ferguson & Tini Garske
My role was to further develop a pre-existing mathematical model to assess the burden of Yellow Fever in Africa at the regional scale. The new version of the model is aimed to integrate the effects of herd immunity. This model is mainly used to evaluate the impact of vaccination activities and is used by GAVI to inform future vaccination strategies.
In 2016, I also worked with WHO to face the yellow fever outbreak that occurred in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our work was aimed to assess the risk of outbreak spreading and to evaluate target populations in order to prioritize reactive vaccination campaigns. We also worked on a long term vaccination strategy in order to prevent large urban yellow fever outbreak across Africa.
January 2014 to February 2015: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP-Inserm U1018), Villejuif, France
Field: HIV Epidemiology and Prevention
Supervision: Bertran Auvert
In 2014, I joined Pr. Bertran Auvert's team at the CESP, Villejuif, France. I worked on an ANRS funded project to further evaluate the preventive effect of Medical Male Circumcision on HIV, HSV-2 and HPV among the population of a South-African township (Orange Farm).
January 2011 to December 2013: PhD Candidate at the Center of research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP-Inserm U1018), Villejuif, France
Field: HIV Epidemiology and Prevention
Supervision: France Lert & Rosemary Dray-Spira
The purpose of my doctoral research was to investigate the Test & Treat strategy to prevent HIV transmission in Côte d'Ivoire, and focused on the social and behavioural issues of extending HIV testing and treatment.
A part of my work focused on the identification of the determinants and barriers to uptake of HIV testing in the general population of Côte d'Ivoire.
I also studied the effect of early antiretroviral treatment (compared to the WHO standard for treatment initiation) on sexual behaviors and HIV transmission, relying on a randomized controlled trial conducted in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Temprano- ANRS 12136).
September to October 2010: Research assistant (statistical analysis) on behalf of Brown University, Providence, USA.
Field: Ecology of Infectious Diseases.
Supervision: Katherine Smith
May to September 2010: Research trainee in the Lab MIVEGEC (ex-GEMI, UMR 2724 CNRS-IRD), Montpellier, France.
Fields: Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health.
Supervision: Jean-François Guégan
January July 2009: Research trainee in the Lab CAVIAR (UR175 IRD), Iquitos, Peru.
Fields: Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Biology, Population Genetics.
Supervision: Jean-François Renno