Editorial There are times in research when speed really is of the essence in getting results published. For those working in the infectious disease field, there is a particularly pressing need when an outbreak occurs and it becomes paramount to get data communicated both efficiently and promptly. The 2009 influenza pandemic highlighted the limited options […]
Author Profile
Jean-Claude Desenclos
Institution: Santé publique France
Affiliation: Director for science
Department: General Directorate
City: Saint-Maurice
Country: France
After several years of medical general practice and humanitarian involvements through Médecins Sans Frontiéres, Jean-Claude Desenclos moved to public health. After working 3 years at the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention as a medical epidemiologist he integrated the newly created national French surveillance institute (Institut de Veille Sanitaire [InVS]) in 1993. He has been the head of the department of infectious diseases for 12 years and became the scientific director of the InVS in 2007, position in which he remains since the creation of Santé publique France. Jean-Claude Desenclos is the author or co-author of 200 international scientific publications and editor of a French textbook in epidemiology (Epidémiologie de terrain, Edition John Libbey, 2012). He is affiliated to the Paris doctoral school of public health where he supervised PhD students. He is member of numerous scientific committee and advisory board in France or Europe. He is associated editor for the European Journal of Epidemiology, Plos currents Outbreak and BMC Infectious diseases. He is the secretary general of the International Association of National Public Health Institute (IANPHI; http://www.ianphi.org/)