Dr Eric Leroy, Research Director of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and Director of the Emerging Viral Diseases Unit of the International Centre of Medical Research in Franceville (CIRMF) in Gabon.
The 2009 Christophe Mérieux Prize was awarded to Dr Eric Leroy, Research Director of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and Director of the Emerging Viral Diseases Unit of the International Centre of Medical Research in Franceville (CIRMF), Gabon.
This prize rewarded his research on emerging infectious viral diseases and arboviruses in Central Africa.