About Me

Jacques Zola-Sahossi

Abomey-Calavi, 06BP: 2604

+22991210808

E-Mails: [email protected]/[email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of Birth: April 21, 1985

Place of Birth: Sô-Tchanhoué, Benin

Citizenship: Beninese

EDUCATION

09/2018-9/2019         Specialized Master’s Degree in Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

» Study emphasis:   Public Health Methodology

» Master’s thesis:

Factors influencing the gestational age and the risk of prematurity in a rural area in

Burkina-Faso, West Africa: cross-sectional analysis of a 2003-2004 birth cohort data.

01/2011-12/2013        Master Science in Medical, Veterinary Entomology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

» Study emphases: Vector control

» Master’s thesis:

Experimental huts evaluation of the impact of successive washes upon the effectiveness of three brands of long-lasting insecticidal nets in an area where Anopheles gambiae sl. is highly resistant to pyrethroids, Akron, southern Benin, West Africa

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10/2007-07/2009           Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences (High School Diploma + 4 years study)

University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

» Study emphases: Physiology

10/2006-06/2007          Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences

University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

» Study emphases: Physiology

12/2003-09/2006         Undergraduate Degree in Science Studies,

University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

» Study emphases: Chemistry, Biology, Geology

07/2003 General Certificate of Secondary Education: Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Biology

POSITIONS AND RESPONSABILITIES

10/2019 to date        Research Assistant at the Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou /

Laboratoire des fièvres hémorrhagiques et virales

(CREC/LFHV Ministry of Health, Benin)

– Reception and labeling of SARS-Cov-2 swab samples

and inactivation of mRNA in SARS-Cov-2 swabs

– Keeping records of SARS-Cov-2 swabs

– Reception, inactivation, and PCR on blood samples from a cohort study participants

– Assisting in research activities

Jacques Zola-Sahossi

Abomey-Calavi, 06BP: 2604

+22991210808

E-Mails: [email protected]/[email protected]

POSITIONS AND RESPONSABILITIES

08/2014-09/2018     Research Assistant level 1/CREC/London School of Hygiene and Tropical

Medicine Collaborative Research program (Ministry of Health, Benin)

– Job description: under the supervision of the head of CREC/LSHTM laboratory,

laboratory activities performance, field site activities supervision; raw data

collection and processing; management and storage of chemicals; study and data

management…

PUBLICATIONS

– Efficacy of a novel mode of action of an indoor residual spraying product, SumiShield® 50WG against

susceptible and resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) in Benin, West Africa

(Parasites & Vectors (2018) 11:293 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2869-6)

– Level of overexpression of metabolic enzymes (oxidase, esterases, and glutathion

S-transferase) involved in the resistance of vectors to insecticides in Benin. (International Journal of

Innovation and Applied Studies ISSN 2028-9324 Vol. 17 No. 2 Jul. 2016, pp. 662-   671)

–  Laboratory and fields’ evaluation of the impact of washings on the effectiveness of LifeNet®,

Olyset® and PermaNet® 2.0 in two areas, where there is a high level of resistance of Anopheles

gambiae to pyrethroids, Benin, West Africa (Malaria Journal 2014, 13:193 doi: 10.1186/1475-

2875-13-193)

– Seasonal distribution of Aedes aegypti in southern Benin: a risk of dengue virus transmission to urban

populations (International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies ISSN 2028-9324 Vol. 9 No. 2 Nov. 2014,

pp. 648-654)

DATA PROCESSING

– STATA

– Beginner skills in R

– Beginner skills in disease mapping and multilevel analysis methods

LANGUAGES

– Fon (Native)

– French (Excellent)

– English (Good command, current TOEFL scores: 81 & 79)

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Completed on April 23, 2023