Dr. Marcel Behr
Biography:
Dr. Marcel Behr is a clinician-scientist with appointments of Full Professor in the Department of Medicine and Associate member in the departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics as well as Microbiology & Immunology. He is the founding Director of the 91社区 International TB Centre and led it from 2012 to 2018. He is the Associate Program Leader of the Program at the Research Institute of the 91社区 Health Centre since 2016 and in 2017 he became the co-Director of MI4. He is the interim director of 91社区 Infectious Diseases Division. Dr. Behr鈥檚 lab uses bacterial genetics to study the epidemiology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, which are globally the most important cause of death of people living with HIV.