Biography
I am an Infectious Diseases physician-scientist, passionate about developing novel solutions to viral diseases with epidemic/ pandemic potential. I am proficient in clinical management of infectious and tropical diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, virology, virus genomics and bioinformatics. I am uniquely positioned to blend a keen pathophysiological insight with wet and dry laboratory expertise for the development of novel treatment strategies and vaccines against viruses.
I am currently a doctoral researcher at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1259, Unit for Morphogenesis and Antigenicity of HIV and the Hepatitis Viruses (MAVIVH). Together with fantastic colleagues at INSERM, I am working to develop a novel treatment strategy for HIV/AIDS.
Name: Dr. Simon Ereh
Languages: English, Hausa, French and Spanish.
Address:
INSERM U1259 (MAVIVH),
Faculté de Médecine,
Université de Tours,
10 Boulevard Tonnellé,
37032 Tours Cedex 1,
France.
Skype: ereh1@live.com
Email:[send email]
Education
West African College of Physicians
( 2010 — 2017 )MWACP
Member, West African College of Physicians (Internal Medicine).
Université de Tours, France; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
( 2018 — 2020 )Master Degree
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in Infectious Diseases and One Health.
University Of Calabar, Nigeria.
( 2004 — 2010 )Bachelor Degree
MBBCh (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery).
Experience
Institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), U1259 - MAVIVHe, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Tours, France
( Jan 2022 — Till Date )Doctoral Researcher
Identification of novel anti-HIV factors induced by type 1 interferons.
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
( 2018 — Till Date )Senior Registrar, Infectious Diseases
World Health Organisation, Calabar Office, Nigeria.
( 2021 — 2021 )State COVID-19 Response Coordinator
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1259, Faculté de Medécine, Université de Tours, France.
( Jan — Jun 2020 )M2 Research Intern
Intrahost genomic evolution of hepatis E virus in immunocompromised individuals with different outcomes.
Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria.
( 2013 — 2017 )Registrar, Internal Medicine.
Skills
Clinical management of infectious diseases
Infectious disease epidemiology
Polymerase chain reaction
Sanger and next generation sequencing
Structural bioinformatics
Genome editing with CRISPR/Cas
