Philippe Desjeux, PhD, MD

Dr. Desjeux brings more than three decades of experience in leishmaniasis surveillance, control and prevention to OneWorld Health, joining the team that is working to implement a paromomycin pre-launch program in Bihar, India. Dr. Desjeux previously worked as Leishmaniasis Research Coordinator for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO/TDR). He received a medical doctorate from the University of Paris , and certificates in special studies—gastroenterology, parasitology, and systematic microbiology—from the Odeon Faculty of Medicine and the Pasteur Institute.