Dr. Anavaj Sakuntabhai
Biography:
Dr. Anavaj Sakuntabhai joined in January 2020 as an Adjunct Professor. He is currently a research director at Institut Pasteur Paris. His main research focus is host response to arboviral infection, including Zika, Chikungunya viruses. He has led the project to investigate the genetic susceptibility to Dengue virus infection, with a focus on understanding protective immunity in asymptomatic infection. He has coordinated multiple international programs, including the European FP7 project on Dengue Framework for Resisting Epidemics in Europe (DENFREE). He is a leader of sub-workpackage on human genetic susceptibility to Zika virus infection complication of ZIKAlliance programme, funded by European union H2020 program.