Dr. Jean-Yves Madec is a molecular microbiologist, research director at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Health Safety (Anses). He is the Scientific Director of the antimicrobial resistance topic at Anses, and Head of the Research Unit “Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence” at Anses Lyon. He is the coordinator of the Resapath network monitoring AMR in clinical animals in France. His research interests focus on molecular genetics and epidemiology of AMR in Gram-negative and -positive bacteria of animal origin (commensal, pathogenic, zoonotic) and issues regarding the animal-to-human transfer of AMR (and vice-versa). He is a member of several expert groups and committees on AMR and antibiotic use in animals and humans in France and Europe (including as the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joint Programming Initiative on AMR) and an active participant/leader in recent European/transnational scientific projects. He is strongly involved in international collaborative partnerships dealing with monitoring of AMR in animals and food thereof in different countries and continents (Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Brazil) and Head of the recently appointed (2017) FAO Reference Centre for AMR at Anses.
