Olivier Marcy MD, MPH, PhD

Olivier Marcy is a clinical epidemiologist and researcher at the University of Bordeaux and research director at IRD (French Institute for Research and Sustainable Development). He has worked for more than 10 years as a clinician and public health program manager in sub-Saharan Africa (Republic of Congo) and South East-Asia (Cambodia).

His research focuses on the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children and TB-HIV co-infection in adults and children. He is the project lead of the Unitaid-funded TB-Speed project on childhood TB diagnosis with research ranging from decentralization and implementation challenges to the accuracy of diagnostic algorithms for vulnerable children.

He is the current chair of the NIAID-funded TB-SRN international cohort on pulmonary TB in adults. He is also involved in the IPORA interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research platform where he is developing research on the impact of air pollution on respiratory health in urban settings in Africa.