TEAM  MEMBERS

 Raphaëlle Métras   is  the Principal Investigator of MoZART project. She is an INSERM researcher at IPLESP UMRS-1136, in SUMO (Surveillance and Modelling) team. Through a combination of methods ranging from data collection as part as epidemiological investigations to  modelling  she  is interested in  understanding how vector-borne & zoonotic pathogens spread  among animals, and spillover to humans.

 Wen Fu is a PhD candidate (2020-2023) in the SUMO team at   IPLESP UMRS-1136, looking at the spatial and seasonal determinants of Lyme Borreliosis incidence in France, using national surveillance data. Her PhD work generates   incidence Lyme Borreliosis predictions and maps that will be useful for the spatial analysis part of Mozart.

Laure Mathews-Martin   is a PhD candidate (2021-2024)  at ANSES assessing the risk of TBE, through the ingestion of  unpasteurized dairy products.   Her work aims at studying the spatial pattern of TBE exposure in ruminants, as well as assessing the infectiousness of unpasteurized dairy products .   Laure's PhD work produces   seroprevalence estimates that will be useful for the spatial analysis part of Mozart, and parameters that will be used to estimate TBEv human spillover.

Younjung Kim   is an INSERM postdoctoral researcher (2023-2025), in the SUMO team at  IPLESP UMRS-1136. Veterinary epidemiologist and mathematical modeller, Younjung has a keen interest in studying epidemiological factors that shape the transmission of zoonotic and animal diseases. In   MoZArt, Younjung investigates   the epidemiology & transmission dynamics of Lyme borreliosis & tick-borne encephalitis between humans, wildlife, and ticks using mathematical models

Ilona Suhanda is a PhD candidate (2023-2026)   in the SUMO team at  IPLESP UMRS-1136. Using statistical approaches,   Ilona   will explore the similarities driving the spatial distribution of Lyme Borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis in France at the human, environment and animal levels.

Ingrid Wongoue  is a Master student  'Methodology and statistics in biomedical research' (Université Paris Saclay). During her  internship   (feb-Jul 2024) she  looks at the determinants of tick bites reports investigated in the Grippenet cohort  .

Armelle Poisson did a 6-months Master internship (feb-aug 2023)  investigating the role of wildlife in tick-borne pathogens epidemiology. Interested in the ecology and transmission dynamics of infectious agents in wild animals, she pursues her master studies at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), on theoretical ecology and modelling (écologie théorique et modélisation).

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