Guéladio Cissé, Professor, PhD

Function(s)
Guest Scientist

Organisational Entity

Swiss TPH
Directorate
Institutional Projects

Professional activities at Swiss TPH

Senior Guest Scientist
Emeritus Professor in sanitary Engineering and Environmental Epidemiology
Former Head of the Ecosystem Health Sciences Unit;
Former Head of the "Ecosystem services, climate and health" Research Group;

Higher education and qualifications

· 2014: Habilitation as Research Professor (Directeur de Recherche) in sanitary engineering, CAMES (Council of Higher Education for Africa and Madagascar);

· 2005: Associate Research Professor (Maître de recherche) 2005

· 2013 : Certificate of Advanced Studies on “Disaster Risk Reduction”, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

· 1997: PhD in Sanitary Engineering (water quality, environmental epidemiology, GIS, qualitative research), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

· 1993: MSc in Environmental Sciences (ecology, ecotoxicology, water pollution, air pollution, soil protection), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

· 1986: Post graduate certificate in Sanitary Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

· 1985: Civil Engineering Diploma, INFORBA Engineering School, Rouiba, Algeria

Short courses: European Course in Tropical Epidemiology (STI, Basel, Switzerland); Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (LSHTM, London, UK); Geographical Information Systems and Public Health (Iowa University, Iowa, USA); Participatory Action Research (ENDA-GRAF, Dakar, Senegal); Water quality management and laboratory techniques (WHO & NANCIE, Nancy, France); Integrated Climate Risk Assessment (IDRC, Nairobi, Kenya) ; Gender mainstreaming in climate adaptation projects (IDRC, Naivasha, kenya).

Current and past professional positions

3/2024 - current : Senior Scientist and Technical Advisor to the Director General, Swiss Centre for Scientific Research in Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS), Adiopodoumé, Côte d'Ivoire

3/2024 - current : Guest Scientist, Directorate, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland

9/2021 - current: Adjunct Professor and Project Leader of the Heat Centre Project, University Peleforo GON COULIBALY (UPGC), Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire

7/2015 - 2/2024 : Head of Unit, Ecosystem Health Sciences Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland

7/2009 - 2/2024 : Project and Research Group Leader; Ecosystem services, climate and health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland.

7/2004 - 6/2009 : Managing Director, Swiss Centre for Scientific Research in Cote d’Ivoire (CSRS), Abidjan

1/2001 - 6/2004 : Deputy Director, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Acting Director: July 2002 – February 2013

7/2001 - 6/2009 : Regional Coordinator in JACS West Africa of the Program NCCR North South on sustainable development and global change (SNF and SDC funded program), CSRS

1/2000 - 6/2009 : Group Leader of the Research Axis “Urban Environment and Health”, CSRS

9/1997 - 12/1999 : Head of the Sanitary Engineering Department, EIER, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

9/1996 - 12/1999 : Lecturer in sanitary engineering and environmental epidemiology, Department of Sanitary Engineering, EIER, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

1/1994 - 12/1999 : Research project coordinator on Health Impact of Wastewater Use in Urban Agriculture in Sahelian Context, EIER; PhD fellow and assistant lecturer to the Public Health Professor (1994 - 1996)