"Epidemiology, or the science of estimating public health risks" – Come along on January 31 for Arnaud Fontanet's inaugural lecture at the Collège de France

Arnaud Fontanet, Professor at the Institut Pasteur and at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), specializes in the epidemiology of infectious and tropical diseases. He is a former resident in the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) and a doctor of medicine (Paris V University) and public health (Harvard University). Since January 2002 he has directed the Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases Unit and the Center for Global Health at the Institut Pasteur. His main research specializations are viral hepatitis and emerging viruses. Arnaud Fontanet also directs the Pasteur-CNAM School of Public Health.

In June, Arnaud Fontanet was awarded the annual Chair in Public Health by the Collège de France, where he will share his expertise in epidemiology. His inaugural lecture will take place on January 31, 2019, on the topic "Epidemiology, or estimating public health risks". In his address he will explore the development of epidemiology in the second half of the 20^th century and look at doubts, debates, social determinants of disease, genetic and molecular factors and big data. He will also direct a course on the successes and limitations of epidemiology and a seminar on the future of epidemiology in the era of big data.

See the videos of Arnaud Fontanet presenting his course at the Collège de France

These teaching sessions are open to all (no prior registration required). They will be made available online and broadcast on the Collège de France website.

Further information :

Download the detailed program of lectures by Arnaud Fontanet (in French)

Download the press release (in French)

Go to the page about Arnaud Fontanet on the Collège de France website