Dr. Marisa Peyre, co-founder and ExCom Member of PREZODE, is an epidemiologist and deputy director of ASTRE, the integrated health research unit in CIRAD.
She is an epidemiologist specializing in the evaluation of surveillance and control programs for animal, zoonotic, and emerging diseases. She has initial training (PhD) in immunology (human health) and a specialization in economics and health program evaluation. She drives international change in paradigm towards increased prevention of health risks using a bottom-up approach and evidence-based evaluation. She conducts research on the evaluation of surveillance and control systems (including wildlife and integrated surveillance systems), with a broad expertise in the design and evaluation of health systems (both in developed and developing countries, especially related to emerging zoonotic risks such as animal Influenza, Ebola and MersCov; animal health economics; participatory epidemiology and public-private partnerships. She provides expertise for international organizations such as FAO, WOAH, The World Bank, and is a member of the Technical Advisory Panel of the Pandemic Fund.
Find her publications here.