Françoise Dromer

Françoise Dromer was head of the Molecular Mycology unit from 2002 to 2022.  She was also head of the French National Reference Center for Mycoses & Antifungals for 20 years. She is now deputy director, Department of Scientific Careers and Assessment.
Françoise Dromer received her M.D. from the Paris 5 School of Medicine, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the Paris 6 University (France). She arrived at Institut Pasteur in 1992 as assistant Professor and was deputy director of the French National Reference Center for Mycoses & Antifungals between 1993 and 2001.
She was elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2006.
Her main research interests concerned the host/pathogen interactions with focus on Cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcosis, an opportunistic fungal infection in HIV-infected patients. The epidemiology of invasive fungal infections was her second major field of research.

EDUCATION/TRAINING 1974 – 1980: School of Medecine Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris V 1985: Medical degree (School of Medecine Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris V) 1982:  Master’s degree Molecular & cellular Pharmacology, Paris VI 1984 – 1987:  PhD, University Paris VI – INSERM U283 1992: Medical Mycology Diploma, Institut Pasteur 1992: Authorization to supervise research (HDR)

POSITIONS 1980-1987: Internship (internat des Hôpitaux de Paris) 1987-1989: Postdoctoral fellowship, Clinical Mycology Section (JE Bennett), NIH, Bethesda, USA 1990-1992: Residency (AHU) – Hôpital Bichat, Paris 1992:      Assistant Professor (chargé de recherches), Mycology unit (B. Dupont), Institut Pasteur 1999:      Associate Professor (chef de laboratoire), Institut Pasteur since 2012: Full Professor, Institut Pasteur 1993 – 2001: Deputy Director, French National Reference Center for Mycoses and Antifungals 2002-2022: Director, French National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals 2002 – 2005: Head, Provisional Molecular Mycology unit, Institut Pasteur Since 2006: Head, Molecular Mycology unit, Institut Pasteur 2004-2018: Co-director, Medical Mycology course 2010 – 2014:  Director, Infection & Epidemiology department Nov. 2014-March 2018:  Deputy Director, Mycology department ;  2018-2020: Chair, then deptuy chair, Mycology department;

OTHER COMMITMENTS 2004 – 2007: Elected member, COMESP (committee for the evaluation/promotion of Faculty members; 2006 – 2009: Elected chair, CLRE (board of the National Reference Centers present on campus); 2006 – 2008: Elected representative of Institut Pasteur at the Medical University Paris 5 board 2007 – 2008: Chair elected, committee for the evaluation of staff members involved in research activity related to Public Health (on campus and in the Institut Pasteur International Network) 2007 – 2013: Member of the Scientific Vigilance Committee Since 2018: Elected member and vice-chair, COMESP ; Since 2015: co-director, Pasteur International Bioresources network (PIBnet); Since 2020: Deputy Director, Scientific Careers and Assessment Department

AWARDS / HONORS 1987-1988: Visiting fellow, NIH visiting program, Fogarty Foundation 1987-1989: Lavoisier Fellowship (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 1996: Elected “corresponding fellow”, Infectious Diseases Society of America 2001: Award, French National Academy of Medicine (Prix Deschiens) 2004: Award, Association Française des Femmes Diplômées des Universités 2008: Award, Japan Health Science Foundation 2012: Award, Georges, Jacques & Elias Canetti 2006:  Elected Member of the American Academy of Microbiology