Pascal Launois
Haematology
TDR Biotech
Switzerland
Biography
Manages projects and initiatives to strengthen research capacities at institutional level and manages the Career Development Fellowship programme. Pascal joined TDR in May 2003. Driven by curiosity, he was first attracted to TDR by its scientific reputation. Originally an immunologist with specific expertise in clinical microbiology, Pascal brings to TDR experience he gained from being a researcher in New Caledonia, Senegal and French Guiana, as well as from heading the WHO Immunology and Training Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Research Interest
His initial training prepared him to manage diagnostic laboratories and from there he went on to study CD4/CD8 ratios in different infectious diseases, particularly in leprosy, tuberculosis and leishmaniasis for his MD and PhD theses. He recalls a time when he worked with nine band armadillos to produce Mycobacterium leprae for his research
