Nadia Khelef

Nadia Khelef was trained as microbiologist. She worked in the pharma industry, then started a research career at the Institut Pasteur, France and at Columbia and Cornell Universities in New York. She has published numerous papers, given seminars and taught, all at international level. She is co‐inventor of a patent exploited to develop a therapeutic cancer vaccine. Nadia Khelef has been contributed to projects and programmes at European and international levels, including setting up and managing a grants office, managing European affairs, contributing to setting up a Public Private Partnership, Bioaster, dedicated to accelerate the translation of biomedical discoveries in the field of infectious diseases. N. Khelef has served as diplomatic advisor to the French Minister of higher education and research. She is now senior advisor for global affairs in charge of reinforcing the partnerships with the global health international organizations.