DrVeerle Lejon
Directeur de Recherche
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
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- Directeur de RechercheInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement
- +33 467593950 (Work)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Department of Health, Campus International de Baillarguet TA A-17/G, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34398, France
BIO
Towards elimination of human African trypanosomiasis!
Veerle Lejon is Directeur de Recherche at the Institut de Recherche sur le Développement in France (UMR 177 InterTryp, http://umr-intertryp.cirad.fr/). She works on development and evaluation of diagnostics for human African trypanosomiasis, with a focus on post-therapeutic follow-up, asymptomatic infections, potential applications for vaccine development and disease marker discovery. Veerle is coordinator of an EDCTP2 project on diagnostic tools for HAT, with partners from Belgium, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and the UK (http://www.ditect-hat.eu/).
Veerle Lejon is Directeur de Recherche at the Institut de Recherche sur le Développement in France (UMR 177 InterTryp, http://umr-intertryp.cirad.fr/). She works on development and evaluation of diagnostics for human African trypanosomiasis, with a focus on post-therapeutic follow-up, asymptomatic infections, potential applications for vaccine development and disease marker discovery. Veerle is coordinator of an EDCTP2 project on diagnostic tools for HAT, with partners from Belgium, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and the UK (http://www.ditect-hat.eu/).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Directeur de RechercheInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement, Department of Health, Montpellier, France1 Jan 2013 - present
- Pos-doc assistantInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerpen, Belgium1 Sep 2011 - 31 Dec 2012
- Post-doc AssistantInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Atnwerpen, Belgium1 Jan 2006 - 31 Aug 2011
- Post-docMcGill University Health Centre, National Reference Centre for Parasitology, Montreal, Canada1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
- Post-doc AssistantInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Antwerpen, Belgium1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2004
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Antwerp, Belgium24 May 2002
- HDRMontpellier University, Montpellier, France17 Apr 2019 - present
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- FrenchCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Dutch; FlemishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, speak and understand
WHO REGION
- WHO European Region
COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY
- Belgium