Sciensano
Laurane De Mot is currently leading a team focused on the surveillance of respiratory infections at Sciensano, where involvement in COVID-related hospital surveillance is a primary responsibility. With a diverse background in both science and coaching, Laurane has served as a gymnastics coach and judge at ATHANOR GYM CLUB since 2006, guiding elite gymnasts and managing administrative tasks. Previous roles include Research Scientist in bioinformatics at UCB/Clarivate Analytics, where analysis of omics data contributed to neurology research, and Data Scientist at GSK, working on vaccine development for malaria and tuberculosis. Educational accomplishments include a Ph.D. in Biological/Biosystems Engineering and ongoing studies in Biostatistics from Université catholique de Louvain.
Sciensano
SCIENSANO can count on more than 900 staff members who commit themselves, day after day, to contributing to public health. As our name suggests, science and health are central to our mission. Sciensano’s strength and uniqueness lie within the holistic and multidisciplinary approach to health. More particularly we focus on the close and indissoluble interconnection between human and animal health and their environment (the “One health” concept). By combining different research perspectives within this framework, Sciensano connects health, science and society. For this, Sciensano builds on the more than 100 years of scientific expertise of the former Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA) and the ex-Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP).