CV Science

Gerard Lina MD, PhD

Course and current status

Education

- 2000: Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches. University of Lyon

- 1996: PhD thesis, University of Lyon

- 1994: Doctorate (Dr. med.) at Faculty of Medicine, University of Lyon

Position

-Since 2011:

 - Professor at Lyon-1 University

-Since 1994:

 - Hospital Practitioner at the Hopitaux de Lyon

Scientific, medical and teaching responsabilities

- Principal Investigator in the team “bacterial pathogenesis and Innate Immunity” formerly “staphylococcal pathogenesis” INSERM U851, Domaine de la Buire (since 200)

- Co-Director of the National Reference Center for Legionella (since 2012)

- Board of the National Reference Center for Staphylococci (since 1994)

- Director of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Sud (since 2012)

- Pedagogic Manager of Microbiology Courses at the Medical School Lyon Est (since 2009)

- Medical Coordinator of Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Sud (since 2012)

- Chairman of the board of Réunions Interdisciplinaires de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse Association (since 2012)

- Secretary of the Comité de l’Antibiogramme de la Société Française de Microbiologie (since 2012)

- Member of the board directors of Société Française de Microbiologie (since 2012)

- Editor: Clinical Microbiology and Infection (since 2008)

- Editor: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (since 2013)

Scientific summary

By working in clinical microbiology laboratory, in the National Reference Center for Staphylococci, in the National Reference Center for Legionella and in the INSERM research team “bacterial pathogenesis and Innate Immunity”, my research is strongly oriented towards the epidemiology and bacterial pathogenesis –with special emphasis on staphylococci- and the potential implication of our research for diagnostic tools, or for prophylactic and therapeutic development.