Marisa Peyre (Eng. , Ph.D., HDR) is an epidemiologist specialized in the evaluation of surveillance and control programs in animal health and One Health. She is currently the deputy director of ASTRE, the integrated health research unit in CIRAD. She has been working for CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) since 2006 where she carries out researches in the field of evaluative epidemiology. She graduated in 1998 in biotechnology engineering (Bordeaux, France), obtained her PhD in 2005 in Immunology (London, UK), and her habilitation to direct researches (HDR) in the field of health evaluation in 2019. She has worked for the past 15 years on the evaluation of animal and zoonotic diseases surveillance and control both in developed and developing countries (especially in Africa and Asia), on emerging zoonotic risks such as animal Influenza, Ebola and MersCov and on the strengthening of public-private partnership. She provides expertise for international organizations such as WOAH, FAO, World Bank, Galvmed. Her key expertise is on the design and evaluation of health systems (surveillance and control) including wildlife and integrated One Health surveillance systems; animal health economics; participatory epidemiology and public-private partnerships. She is a co-founder of the PREZODE initiative (Preventing Zoonotic Disease Emergence). She drives and supports an international change in paradigm towards increased prevention of health risks using a bottom-up approach. Towards involving communities and the local actors at the front line with the risks in the co-design of the health strategies they will implement. Along with the engagement of the national authorities to ensure that those relevant solutions are sustainable and impactful, being integrated into national policies and funded by the countries.
