Marcel Tanner
# Profession: Prof. Dr., Epidemiologist MPH
# Position: Director
Professional Activities
* Management of STI as chief executive
* Teaching at the University of Basel as full professor in medical parasitology and epidemiology
* Undertaking research on the control of communicable diseases (malaria,emphasisizing vaccine trials and effectiveness)
Higher Education & Qualifications
* 1977 MSc Medical Zoology (University of Basel)
* 1980 PhD in Medical Parasitology (University of Basel)
* 1987 MSc CHDC (MPH), (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University London)
* 1987 "Venia Docendi" (Associate Professor; University of Basel)
* 1993 Professor, Chair of Epidemiology & Med. Parasitology (University of Basel)
* 1996 Honorary Professor (Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland)
* 2002-2004 Dean Faculty of Science University of Basel
Work Experience
* 1997- Present: Director STI
* Research on communicable diseases control (mainly malaria and schistosomiasis), health planning and projects on environment and health (partly supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation)
* Assistance/consultancies in health development projects and research capacity building in Africa and Asia, mainly on behalf of the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation.
* 1988-1995: Head, Dept. Public Health and Epidemiology at STI
* 1996: Research fellow and visiting professor at Tropical Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
* Consultancies in international health issues for governments and international organisations (WHO, World Bank)
* Teaching/training at universities in the field of epidemiology and public health in Europe, USA, Africa, Australia and Asia
* Health development projects at district level in rural and urban areas of Africa (Tanzania, Chad, Cameroon) and Asia (India, Thailand).
* Research on urban environment and health in Africa (Tanzania, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania) and Asia (China, India).
* Research on health planning emphasising urbanisation, health service utilisation and decentralisation in health planning and resources allocation.
* Research in the field of the control of communicable diseases, mainly malaria and schistosomiasis based on extended fieldwork in Africa and Asia.
* 1981-1984: Head, Swiss Tropical Institute Field Laboratory in Ifakara, Tanzania
* Implementation of a primary health care programme at district level. These studies entailed research, service and training components and were partly supported by grants from the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation.
* Community-based studies on the interactions between infection-nutrition-immunity
* Epidemiological research projects on malaria and schistosomiasis
* 1979: Field work on onchcerciasis and schistosomiasis in Cameroon and Liberia
* Assistant scientist and post-doctoral position studying immune mechanisms against the infective stage larvae of filariae at the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI).
Publications
* 321 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, 19 bookchapters, co-editor of two books on urban health and urbanisation, more than 200 published short communications and abstracts as well as numerous evaluation reports and studies for governments and international agencies.
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