Fabrice Somé
FORMER FELLOW AT EVI
Vaccines and Immunisation
European Vaccine Initiative
Germany
Biography
Fabrice Somé, a native of Burkina Faso, like EVI’s other fellowship receiver, has been granted a Clinical Research and Development Fellowship from the European and Developing Countries’ Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)/ Tropical Diseases Research-World Health Organization (TDR/WHO), which commenced at EVI on 8 January 2016. Fabrice obtained one Msc in Animal Biology at the faculty of Sciences Semlalia of the University of Marrakech in 2006, another Msc in Applied Biology at the University of Ouagadougou in 2009, and a PhD in Applied Biology in 2014 at the Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso. Since 2007 he worked at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Direction Régionale de l’Ouest as a research assistant and then associate. In recent years Fabrice has been involved in several projects concerning malaria, as coordinator of projects and laboratory activities, as well as in an administrative capacity. He has authored/co-authored articles published in peer reviewed international journals.
Research Interest
To develop effective, accessible, and affordable vaccines against diseases of poverty.
