Dr. Benjamin Roche is a Co-founder of PREZODE and a former Member of the ExCom. A Research Director at IRD he is a specialist in the interaction between biodiversity and infectious diseases.
His research focuses on understanding what key inter-disciplinary insights can be gleaned from bringing together the fields of evolutionary ecology and public health, especially through data analysis, mathematical modeling, and phylodynamic approach. He studies how host and pathogen diversities may affect zoonotic diseases emergence and propagation and how integrated prevention strategies can reduce this risk. He also works on the interactions between ecological and societal processes in pathogen spread, especially human behavior. In addition to his research activities, he collaborates with numerous national and international health authorities to oversee the development of decision support tools.