Eric Dumonteil

Associate Professor

School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
https://sph.tulane.edu/trmd/eric-dumonteil
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
Tulane Affiliation
Associated Faculty

Research

Development of new control tools for Chagas disease and other neglected tropical diseases; vector ecology; epidemiological studies; pre-clinical evaluation of therapeutic and preventive vaccines.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., 1995, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biochemistry and Physics
  • M.S., 1990, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Metabolism, Endocrinology, Nutrition and Differentiation
  • B.S., 1986, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Biochemistry and Microbiology

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Associate Professor, Tulane University, Tropical Medicine, 2016-Present
  • Professor, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2006-2016
  • Associate Professor, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 1997-2005
  • Post-doctoral research associate, Diabétologie Clinique, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland, 1995-1996

Distinctions

  • National Researcher Level 3 (SNI), CONACYT, Mexico, 2010-2019
  • PROMEP profile, Ministry of Education, Mexico, 1999-2006
  • Special mention, CANIFARMA Prize (Camára Nacional de la Industría Farmaceútica), Mexico, 2006
  • Wilbaecher Award Mentor, Loyola University, New Orleans, 2005
  • Gorga Memorial Institute Award, American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004
  • Albert Sezary Prize, Académie Nationale de Médecine, Paris, France, 2003
  • TWAS Prize (Third World Academy of Sciences), Academia de Ciencias de America Latina, 2003
  • Honorific Mention, CANIFARMA Prize, Mexico, 2002
  • Travel Award, American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000

Languages

  • French
  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Mexico
  • Ecuador

Related Experience

  • Scientific Advisor/Invited Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública (INSPI), Ministry of Public Health, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2014-Present

Selected Publications

  • 2024. “Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnancies without congenital transmission is associated with reduced fetal growth: A cross-sectional study in Argentina, Honduras, and Mexico.” with Paternina-Caicedo A., J. Alger, M.L. Cafferata, Y. Carlier, L. Gib
  •  2024. “Ecological interactions of Triatoma sanguisuga and risk for human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in Illinois and Louisiana.” with W. Tu, F.A. Jiménez, C. Herrera. Journal of Medical Entomology, in press.
  • 2023. “Monkeypox Virus Evolution before 2022 Outbreak.” with Herrera, C., & Sabino-Santos, G. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(2), 451–453.
  • 2023. “Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi infecting raccoons ( Procyon lotor ) in two metropolitan areas of southern Louisiana: implications for parasite transmission networks.” with Majeau, A.,Cloherty, E., Anderson, A. N., Straif-Bourgeois, S. C., &
  • 2023. “Simulation and design of an IPHI-based neutron source, first steps toward SONATE.” with Mom, B., Thulliez, L., Binois, M., Richet, Y., Schwindling, J., & Drouart, A. Journal of Neutron Research, 24(3-4), 337–345.
  • 2019. “Estimating the current burden of Chagas disease in Mexico: a systematic view of epidemiological surveys from 2006 to 2017,” co-authored with Arnal A, E Waleckx, and C Herrera, PLos Negl Trop Dis 23(4)e0006859.
  • 2016. “Chagas disease has not been controlled in Ecuador,” co-authored with C Herrera, L Martini, MJ Grijalva, AG Guevara, JA Costales, HM Aguilar, SF Brenière, and E Waleckx, PLos One 11(6): e0158145.