Dr Gamou Fall

Dr Gamou Fall is a virologist at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar. She received her PhD training at Montpellier 2 University in France on Biology-Health and also graduated on Fundamental Virology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. She is currently a mid-career investigator working at the Virology department (Institut Pasteur de Dakar), which hosts the WHO collaborating center for arbovirus and hemorrhagic fever viruses where she performed research, public health and training activities. 

Her research activities are mainly focused on vector-virus-host interactions, especially on arbovirus transmission (West Nile, Koutango, Usutu and Rift Valley fever viruses) by mosquito vectors, their pathogenesis in vertebrate hosts using mouse model and the impact of factors such as viral genetic diversity, mosquito saliva and RNA interference on arbovirus transmission as well as infection outcome in vertebrates. Regarding public health, she is also coordinating the routine diagnostic of arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fevers through different surveillance programs and has experience on field deployment for public health purposes such as outbreak investigations and control at the national and international levels. Finally, regarding training, she demonstrated leadership skills through workshop participation/organization and supervision of Master and PhD students in our laboratory.

She has more than 65 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.