Benjamin Koudou
Researcher and a senior scientific program manager
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Benjamin Koudou has over 16 years’ experience as a researcher malaria and filariasis control specialist and, a laboratory scientist and researcher working in the fields of neglected tropical disease (NTD) control in Africa, particularly focusing on elimination of preventive chemotherapy diseases (lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, STH) through mass drug administration. From April 2012 to August 2016, Benjamin support lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in West African countries. Benjamin is also highly experienced in capacity development and in establishing quality management system for laboratories. Currently, Dr Koudou was primary and secondary supervisor of 7 PhD students who defended successfully from 2012 to 2017 at University of Liverpool and Basel University in Switzerland. Additionally, Benjamin was invited as several international conferences as invited key note speakers and published close to 60 papers in peer reviewed international journals. Dr Koudou was Principal Investigator of several research projects focused on including randomized controlled trials targeting lymphatic filariasis.
Research Interest
neglected tropical diseases such as filarasis diseases (lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis) including malaria