D'ACREMONT Valérie
Chief physician of the "Global and Environmental Health" sector at Unisanté, which includes the "Clinic for Tropical & Travel Medicine and Vaccinations" as well as the "Global Health" and "Environmental Health" research units, Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
Biography
Valérie D'Acremont is a physician and epidemiologist, specialised in infectious and tropical diseases, head of Global and Environmental Health at Unisanté, professor at the University of Lausanne, visiting researcher at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and former expert at the WHO.
She leads research projects aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality in patients living in resource-limited countries or returning from the tropics in Europe, by improving the quality of primary care. These interventions include clinical decision support algorithms and point-of-care diagnostic tests.
The aim of these projects is also to improve clinical skills, reduce the prescribing of medicines, especially antibiotics, and improve the detection of epidemics.
The impact of these interventions and/or their vulnerability to systemic risks, such as pandemics, climate change, and energy or human resources shortages, are also assessed.
Teaching
Tropical and Travel Medicine
Global Health
Fever upon Return from the Tropics
Management of Febrile illness in low-resource settings
Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases - Rational Prescribing of Antibiotics
Impact of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss on Infectious Diseases
Impact of health interventions, especially digital tools, on the environment
Health systems resilient towards systemic risks
Clinical decision support algorithms
Medical reasoning
Diplomas
2009 FMH Specialisation in Tropical and Travel Medicine
2006 FMH Specialisation in Infectious Diseases
2003 Certificate in Travel Health (International Society of Travel Medicine)
2003 Diploma in Health Care & Management in Tropical countries (Swiss Tropical Institute)
1998 Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - DTM&H (Royal college of Physicians)
Academic titles
2022 University of Lausanne – Full Professor
2017 University of Lausanne – Associate Professor
2011 University of Lausanne – Privat Docent, Senior Lecturer (PD-MER)
2010 University of Basel – PhD in Epidemiology
2006 University of Basel – Master in International Health
2003 University of Lausanne – Doctorate in Medicine
1995 University of Lausanne – Federal Diploma in Medicine
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