Dr Luria Leslie Founou is Deputy CEO and Head of Research within the Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM). She obtained a B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2011, M.Sc. degree in Clinical Biology in 2014, both from the Higher Institute of Medical Technology/FMSP Douala, Cameroon, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is a pharmaceutical microbiologist with diverse research interests. Her major works involve infectious diseases, zoonoses, the greatest challenge of antimicrobial resistance, its transmission to human via the environment and food chain (food safety and environmental health), and the foremost method of its containment, “One Health” approach. She is interested on the molecular epidemiology of resistant foodborne and environmental pathogens, understanding of resistance mechanisms through genomic analyses, and prevention and containment measures of antibiotic resistance using the One Health approach to ensure food safety and security.

➢ Microbiology ➢ Food safety and security ➢ Environmental health ➢ Biomedical sciences ➢ Antimicrobial resistance ➢ Zoonoses ➢ Genetics ➢ Deep learning ➢ Artificial neural network ➢ Nanotechnology