Jean-Baptiste Ronat

Jean-Baptiste graduated in biology and biotechnology laboratory analysis at Lyon University. After working for 10 years as auditing and implementing laboratory capacity strengthening projects in various fields of biological diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries for Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the World Health Organization, he developed a particular interest in clinical bacteriology. He obtained an MPH in infectious risk management with a specialty of clinical bacteriology at Pasteur Institute School, France with a thesis on a retrospective study on antibiotic resistance of bacteria responsible for osteoarticular infections in victims of the Iraqi conflict. In 2021, after joining Paris MSF headquarters to work on ways to improve access to diagnosis and monitoring of microbial infections and antimicrobial resistance, he initiates the approach toward simplification of clinical bacteriology laboratory by initiating the Mini-Lab project together with international institutional, scientific, and industrial partners and is now the scientific lead of this initiative.