VCPECInstitut Pierre Richet
Entomologists, epidemiologists and geneticists. The researchers whose work carries the centre's name.
Head of the centre, test facility manager
Medical entomology, insecticide resistance, evaluation of control tools
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Institut Pierre Richet
128 published articles in total, including 47 with the centreAll publications Personal website
Study coordinator
Vector biology, resistance, hut and community trials
Institut Pierre Richet
87 published articles in total, including 62 with the centre
Study director
Net evaluation, malaria transmission
Institut Pierre Richet
49 published articles in total, including 42 with the centre
Quality assurance manager, associate researcher
Vector genetics and biology, resistance surveillance
Université Nangui Abrogoua · Institut Pierre Richet
Study director, head of the M'bé station
Hut trials, sugar baits, infected mosquitoes
Institut Pierre Richet
Lethal house lure, EaveTubes, mosquito behaviour
Institut Pierre Richet
28 published articles in total, including 20 with the centre
Study director
Culex in Bouaké, semi-field trials
Université Alassane Ouattara · Institut Pierre Richet
13 published articles in total, including 12 with the centre
Epidemiologist, collaborator on community trials
Cluster-randomised trials, malaria epidemiology
Institut Pierre Richet
84 published articles in total, including 32 with the centre
Study director
Resistance mechanisms, net coverage
Université Alassane Ouattara · Institut Pierre Richet
17 published articles in total, including 15 with the centre
Roles provided by the centre in 2026.
Some 37 permanent staff, in nine units under the test facility manager.
The test facility manager, the study coordinator and the study directors design, run and sign every study.
An independent unit, reporting to management, audits studies, facilities and archives.
Rearing of mosquito colonies and care of the guinea pigs that provide their blood meals.
Bioassays, net washing and storage, chemical store.
Species identification and genotyping of resistance markers.
Experimental huts and field team, about 35 km from Bouaké.
Databases, secure server, validated statistical software.
Storage of the protocols, raw data and reports of every study.
Management, purchasing, transport of teams and equipment.
For large field studies, the centre also brings in trained technicians, nurses, physicians and community workers.