Suzanne Chanteau
Suzanne Chanteau (born 27 June 1952)
Chanteau was born in Papeete.[1] After studying biology in France, she worked at the Malardé Institute in Tahiti from 1975 to 1993, working on Ciguatera fish poisoningg and Lymphatic filariasis.[2] In 1994 she began working for the Pasteur Institute, initially in Madagascar, where she worked on Tuberculosis and Plague.[2][3] In Madagascar she developed a rapid diagnostic method for plague[4][5] and a rapid test for Cholera.[2] In 2002 she was appointed director of the Pasteur Institute's research center in Niger, studying Meningitis.[1][2] Again, she developed a rapid diagnostic test for the disease.[6] From 2008 to 2013 she was director of the Pasteur Institute in New Caledonia.[1][2]
Honours
In 1999 she was made a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.[2] In 2002 she was made a knight of the National Order of Madagascar.[2] In 2007 she was made a knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]
In September 2019 she was made an officer of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[1][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Suzanne CHANTEAU Officier de l'ordre de Tahiti Nui" (PDF) (in French). President of French Polynesia. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ces chercheurs polynésiens qui font avancer la science mondiale" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Suzanne, pasteurienne dans l'âme" (in French). Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Duncan Graham-Rowe (17 January 2003). "Dipstick gives rapid plague diagnosis". New Scientist. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Plague test 'could save lives'". BBC News. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Dipstick Test For Meningitis Culprits". ScienceDaily. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Inauguration du centre Ciguaprod à Paea" (in French). TNTV. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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