Scientific Advisory Board

Scientific Advisory Board

November 30 2020

Jozsef Kiss, Emeritus Professor of Neurosciences,

University of Geneva Medical School and Patrick Linder,

Emeritus Professor of Microbiology, University of
Geneva Medical School have joined the HSeT Scientific Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board assists the Foundation Board for the educational questions linked with the activities of the Foundation. It makes recommendations to the Executive Committee concerning the allocation of funds and provides the general follow-up of the educational work.

It also provides scientific guidance to the HSeT team and its members participate to the biweekly meetings.

Scientific Advisory Board

HSeT Board’s news

September 21 2020. At its Board meeting of June 6, 2020, Walter Reith , PhD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology & Immunology, University Medical School, has been appointed member of the Board to replace Prof. Isabelle Décosterd, who resigned. The Board expresses its gratitude for her commitment and contribution over the past years.

IMVACC diplomas

IMVACC diplomas

The four students of the class 2016 have completed the master program and have received 60 ECTS credits and the diploma from the University of Lausanne.

IMVACC (https://imvacc.org) , a Master Advanced Study of Immunology offered by the University of Lausanne, comprises one year of on-line teaching of vaccinology followed by a six months to one year master thesis on a vaccine-related activity

The titles of the master thesis of the 4 trainees were the following:

  • “Potential use of microarray patches for vaccine delivery in low- and middle- income countries” from Nicolas Peyraud that was published in Vaccine (2019. 37:4427-4434)
  • “Challenges and opportunities in introducing HPV vaccine in Cameroon and other African countries” from Luc Christian Gwom
  • “10 years of experience in the acquisition of vaccines for the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Mexico”. from Rodrigo Romero Feregrino
  • “A cross sectional study into the expanded programme on immunization vaccine (EPI) cold chain management” from Bontle Motloung
Rabies workshop Maroc

Rabies workshop Maroc

Rabies workshop

In partnership with the Institut Pasteur, Paris, The Institut Pasteur International Network, the Institut Pasteur du Maroc, WHO and OIE, HSeT has developed an online course on the surveillance and control of rabies that will take place in Casablanca, Morocco on September 2019. Twenty eight trainees have started preworkshop activities on July 2019 to be fully prepared for the face to face workshop.