Professor Philippe J Guérin
Podcast interview
Enabling data reuse to combat infectious diseases
IDDO is a data platform that facilitates the integration and analysis of individual patient data from diverse studies, uncovering new insights otherwise inaccessible. Through meticulous curation and merging of data, IDDO unearth crucial evidence, such as the impact of malaria treatment on malnourished children, a group usually excluded from trials. This comprehensive approach not only informs better treatment strategies but also identifies gaps in current knowledge, guiding future research directions and potentially transforming healthcare guidelines worldwide.
Philippe Guérin
Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health
- Director of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO), @Oxford
IDDO & WWARN
After working as a physician in France and Nepal, Philippe joined Médecins Sans Frontières where he gained extensive experience of working in the field and as a researcher working on malaria and tuberculosis. Before moving to IDDO, he spent six years as the Scientific Director of Epicentre in Paris, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Response to Emerging Diseases. Prior to this, he spent three years as a senior advisor at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) collates and pools clinical, laboratory and epidemiological data on select poverty-related diseases and emerging infections. The assembled data are used to answer explicit scientific and operational questions with the vision of providing effective control and treatment of infectious diseases affecting the most vulnerable populations.
IDDO is building upon the success of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), a scientifically independent, multi-disciplinary platform, founded in 2009 to provide the information necessary to prevent or alleviate antimalarial drug resistance and therefore reduce malaria morbidity and mortality.
The IDDO Secretariat is hosted by the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford and is working in collaboration with regional hubs in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with the goal of transferring management of the data platforms to endemic countries.
Recent publications
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Non-malarial febrile illness: a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from China, 1980-2015.
Journal article
Ip DKM. et al, (2024), BMC Infect Dis, 24
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Quantifying anti-trypanosomal treatment effects in chronic indeterminate Chagas disease: an individual patient data meta-analysis of two proof of concept trials
Preprint
Watson JA. et al, (2024)
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Design, Conduct, Analysis, and Reporting of Therapeutic Efficacy Studies in Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review of Published Reports, 2000-2021.
Journal article
Dahal P. et al, (2024), Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Factors Affecting Integration of an Early Warning System for Antimalarial Drug Resistance within a Routine Surveillance System in a Pre-elimination Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Preprint
Kagoro FM. et al, (2024)
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Blood transfusion in the care of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: a review of practices in therapeutic efficacy studies.
Journal article
Dahal P. et al, (2024), Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg