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Simon Grandjean Lapierre, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC Associate Professor in the Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department of Université de Montréal Clinical-investigator position at the Montreal University Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) Visiting researcher at Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Telephone : 514 890-8000 # 20935 |
Research
Focus
Tubeculosis Care and Research
Simon Grandjean Lapierre completed a MD at Université de Sherbrooke and residency training in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at Université de Montréal. He also completed a MSc in molecular diagnostics applied to mycobacteria at Université Aix-Marseille and then did post-doctoral training in sequencing-based TB diagnostics implementation and novel technologies in Global Health in Madagascar. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department of Université de Montréal and holds a clinical-investigator position at the Montreal University Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM).
Simon Grandjean Lapierre directs a translational research program focusing on methods development in TB diagnostics and the linkage of molecular epidemiology and new technologies including digital cough monitoring to public-health interventions in remote settings of Madagascar. His research is supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Wellcome Trust.
Keywords
Sequencing-based diagnostics
Molecular epidemiology
Technologies & public health
Social network analysis
Madagascar
Acoustic epidemiology
Selected Publications