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Dr Olivier Manigart

DISTANCE LEARNING LECTURER

United Kingdom

Since 2011, I have been working as a distance online lecturer for IDM501 HIV course and I am in charge of overseas MSc students at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
I am also a scientific collaborator at the Health Policy and Systems Research Centre - International Health (POLISSI) at the School of Public Health (Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB) and at the Agro-Gembloux BioTech Faculty of Université de Liège in Belgium.
I am also a member of the International Federation of Biosecurity Association (IFBA) Board of Directors and the Program Director of the West-African Biorisk Management Network (WABNet), created by the WAHO.

 

I am a highly experienced clinical and vaccine trials expert with more than 25 years’ experience in health research and with expertise in virology, microbiology, epidemiology, quality management systems. I have a proven track record in managing complex projects for epidemiological and laboratory networks and has deeply collaborated with the major stakeholders in laboratory implementation projects across the world.


Passionate about retrovirology since the early stages of my career as an Agronomist, and about the impact of infectious diseases on livestock, I am most motivated today by the impact of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance on public health and by the One Health theme. I have been lucky enough to direct my career towards understanding many scientific aspects of virology, bacteriology and parasitology in human and animal health, in the context of clinical and vaccines trials, while always remaining passionate about the agricultural and environmental aspects that I master through my initial training as an Agronomist. Furthermore, the aspects of quality management systems, biosecurity & biosafety and environmental and social aspects in the context of laboratory systems have always motivated the orientation I have given to my work. As a result of this experience, I am now a key player in understanding and implementing epidemic preparedness and response projects in the context of "One Health".

 

I am currently the Senior Team Leader for GFA consulting group to support the West African Health Organization (WAHO) with a project for strengthening regional epidemiological surveillance through laboratory systems, called PROALAB and funded by the German Development Bank (KfW).

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Vaccine Centre

Teaching

HIV/AIDS;

Meningococcal Diseases;

Quality Management Systems;

Biosecurity & Biosafety.

Research

Laboratory Systems; Strengthening Epidemiological Surveillance. 

Selected Publications

Strengthening Arboviral Epidemic Response Through Entomological Surveillance: Insights from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Laouali, Z; Kagoné, H; Kagoné, T; Belem, LR W; Konaté, H; Ouari, A; Zango, A; Ouedraogo, S; Yao, RK; Diao, WR; MANIGART, O; Ouédraogo, A-S; Diabaté, A; Gnankiné, O; Namountougou, M;
2026
Current issues in molecular biology
Potential implications of the climate crisis on diagnostics.
Owusu Agyare, B; Eder, P; Shenai, S; Chendi, BH; Carlson, C; Iradukunda, A; Mukoka, M; Ogony, J; MANIGART, O; Ogbaini-Emovon, E; Seida, AA; Prado, EO; Ghadrshenas, A; Carmona, S; TUCKER, JD;
2024
PLOS global public health
Dengue epidemic in Burkina Faso: how can the response improve?
MANIGART, O; Ouedraogo, I; Ouedraogo, HS; Sow, A; Lokossou, VK;
2024
Lancet (London, England)
An MPER antibody neutralizes HIV-1 using germline features shared among donors.
Zhang, L; Irimia, A; He, L; Landais, E; Rantalainen, K; Leaman, DP; Vollbrecht, T; Stano, A; Sands, DI; Kim, AS; IAVI Protocol G Investigators,; Poignard, P; Burton, DR; Murrell, B; Ward, AB; Zhu, J; Wilson, IA; Zwick, MB;
2019
Nature communications
Risk factors for acquisition of meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt.
Cooper, LV; Robson, A; Trotter, CL; Aseffa, A; Collard, J-M; Daugla, DM; Diallo, A; Hodgson, A; Jusot, J-F; Omotara, B; Sow, S; Hassan-King, M; MANIGART, O; Nascimento, M; Woukeu, A; CHANDRAMOHAN, D; Borrow, R; Maiden, MC J; GREENWOOD, B; Stuart, JM; MenAfriCar Consortium,;
2019
TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Development of a PCR algorithm to detect and characterize Neisseria meningitidis carriage isolates in the African meningitis belt.
Diallo, K; Coulibaly, MD; Rebbetts, LS; Harrison, OB; Lucidarme, J; Gamougam, K; Tekletsion, YK; Bugri, A; Toure, A; Issaka, B; Dieng, M; Trotter, C; Collard, J-M; Sow, SO; Wang, X; Mayer, LW; Borrow, R; GREENWOOD, BM; Maiden, MC J; MANIGART, O; MenAfriCar Consortium,;
2018
PLOS ONE
Meningococcal carriage within households in the African meningitis belt: A longitudinal pilot study.
Basta, NE; Berthe, A; Keita, M; Onwuchekwa, U; Tamboura, B; Traore, A; Hassan-King, M; MANIGART, O; NASCIMENTO, M; STUART, JM; Trotter, C; Blake, J; Carr, AD; Gray, SJ; Newbold, LS; Deng, Y; Wolfson, J; Halloran, ME; GREENWOOD, B; Borrow, R; Sow, SO;
2017
The Journal of infection
Investigation of correlates of protection against pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis genogroups W and Y in the African meningitis belt.
Cooper, LV; Boukary, RM; Aseffa, A; Mihret, W; Collard, J-M; Daugla, D; Hodgson, A; Sokhna, C; Omotara, B; Sow, S; Quaye, SL; Diallo, K; MANIGART, O; Maiden, MC J; Findlow, H; Borrow, R; Stuart, JM; GREENWOOD, BM; Trotter, CL;
2017
PloS one
Hierarchical genomic analysis of carried and invasive serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis during the 2011 epidemic in Chad.
Diallo, K; Gamougam, K; Daugla, DM; Harrison, OB; Bray, JE; Caugant, DA; Lucidarme, J; Trotter, CL; Hassan-King, M; Stuart, JM; MANIGART, O; GREENWOOD, BM; Maiden, MC J;
2017
BMC genomics
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