Session Chair
Gérard Salem, Professor, Université de Paris Ouest, France
Prof. Gérard Salem is Professor at the University of Paris. After completing a BA and MA degree in Geography (University of Paris 1 – Sorbonne), he went on to receive a PhD in African Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (E.H.E.S.S.) in Paris. Additionally, he completed a master in urbanism at the Institut d´Etudes Politiques de Paris, and another master in epidemiology from the Pasteur Institute in Paris. As a researcher with ORSTOM, he worked from 1980-1988 and from 2009-2012 in Senegal; has been Full Professor of Geography of Health at the University of Paris – Nanterre (1997- 2015). He is currently Professor emeritus, member of the Scientific Committees of International Society of Urban Health, and International Geographical Union
