Team
The VRI includes 150 researchers working on more than 40 international projects.
Roger Le Grand
He has been head of Immunology of Viral and Auto-immune diseases department since 2015, and formerly the Department of Immuno-virology (SIV) since 2008. He is the IDMIT, infrastructure for Infectious Diseases Models and innovative Therapies, chief executive since 2012.
Dr. Le Grand’s research group is currently developing NHP models for HIV, HBV, dengue, human influenza, Chikungunya, Chlamydia, Pertussis and new emerging diseases. His team is focused on studies on mechanisms involved in host response to infections using preclinical models and advanced technologies. His has published more than 150 referenced peer-reviewed publications. He serves as an expert for several French national research agencies, the French government, the European TRANSVAC program, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the WHO.