Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
Jean-Jacques Muyembe | |
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University of Leuven (PhD) Lovanium University | |
Known for | Ebola discovery,[2] prevention & treatment |
Awards | Nature's 10 (2019)[1] Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize (2019) Royal Society Africa Prize (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Democratic Republic of the Congo National Institute for Biomedical Research |
Thesis | Mode d'action des inducteurs d'interferon non-viraux dans une infection virale de la souris (1973) |
Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a Congolese microbiologist. He is the general director of the
Early life and education
Muyembe grew up in
Career
Muyembe was described by
He was appointed dean of the
He has acted as an adviser to the
He recognised the
In 2014, he was appointed by Director General Margaret Chan to the WHO Advisory Group on the Ebola Virus Disease Response, co-chaired by Sam Zaramba and David L. Heymann.[18]
There was a further
Muyembe has established multiple research facilities, including a
On April 3, 2020, during a press conference in Kinshasa, Muyembe advocated for the trial in DRC of experimental vaccines against the COVID-19 virus in the midst of a major pandemic, generating a serious backlash from the congolese population.[23] He eventually backtracked, claiming a misunderstanding.[24]
Awards and honours
In 2015 he was awarded the Christophe Mérieux Prize to study further research in the Congo Basin.[9][25] That year he was awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize "for his seminal work on viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola, generating the foundation of our understanding of the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and control of outbreaks of these viral infections".[12][26][27][28] He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 International Symposium on Filoviruses. He was named as one of Nature's 10 in 2018 and 2019.[29][1] In 2019 he won the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize from the Government of Japan.[30] Muyembe was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.[31] In 2023, he is awarded 2023 WHO Director General’s Global Leaders Awards as a distinguished scientist and public health leader who was closely involved in the discovery of Ebola before advancing to leadership positions in global health. The award honours his lifetime achievements in public health. [32]
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- ^ McNeish, Hannah (2017-03-24). "He Treated The Very First Ebola Cases 40 Years Ago. Then He Watched The World Forget". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ a b "Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, MD, PhD « ICREID". Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ a b "Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ Stokes, Elaisha (2014-10-24). "How the Democratic Republic of Congo Fought A Different Ebola Outbreak". Vice News. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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- ^ "Jean-Jacques Muyembe receives the Christophe Merieux prize - gdri-ehede". gdri-ehede.univ-fcomte.fr. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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- ^ "Ebola resurgit car nous ne connaissons pas son réservoir". BBC News Afrique. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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- ^ Un an d’Ebola en RDC: qui croire dans la polémique sur le deuxième vaccin? http://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20190802-ebola-rdc-croire-polemique-deuxieme-vaccin
- ^ DR Congo 'prepared' to take part in vaccine testing: official. by AFP |https://news.yahoo.com/dr-congo-prepared-part-vaccine-testing-official-215705424.html
- ^ "Covid-19 et vaccin en RDC: les précisions Dr Muyembe". YouTube.
- ^ Institut de France, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, lauréat du Prix Christophe Mérieux 2015., retrieved 2018-12-21
- ^ "Ghanaian scientist wins 2015 Royal Society Pfizer Early Career Award". citifmonline.com. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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- ^ "Laureates of the Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ @WHO (May 21, 2023). "The 2023 WHO Director General's Global Leaders Awards are given to Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum and Pieter Piot. Both are distinguished scientists and public health leaders who were closely involved in the discovery of Ebola before advancing to leadership positions in global health. The award honours their lifetime achievements in public health" (Tweet) – via Twitter.