Suzanne Chanteau

Suzanne Chanteau (born 27 June 1952)[1] is a French Polynesian medical researcher who directed the Pasteur Institute in New Caledonia from 2008 to 2013. She is notable for developing rapid diagnostic tests for plague, cholera, and bacterial meningitis.

Chanteau was born in Papeete.[1] After studying biology in France, she worked at the Malardé Institute in Tahiti from 1975 to 1993, working on Ciguatera fish poisoningg and Lymphatic filariasis.[2] In 1994 she began working for the Pasteur Institute, initially in Madagascar, where she worked on Tuberculosis and Plague.[2][3] In Madagascar she developed a rapid diagnostic method for plague[4][5] and a rapid test for Cholera.[2] In 2002 she was appointed director of the Pasteur Institute's research center in Niger, studying Meningitis.[1][2] Again, she developed a rapid diagnostic test for the disease.[6] From 2008 to 2013 she was director of the Pasteur Institute in New Caledonia.[1][2]

Honours

In 1999 she was made a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.[2] In 2002 she was made a knight of the National Order of Madagascar.[2] In 2007 she was made a knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]

In September 2019 she was made an officer of the Order of Tahiti Nui.[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Suzanne CHANTEAU Officier de l'ordre de Tahiti Nui" (PDF) (in French). President of French Polynesia. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ces chercheurs polynésiens qui font avancer la science mondiale" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Suzanne, pasteurienne dans l'âme" (in French). Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ Duncan Graham-Rowe (17 January 2003). "Dipstick gives rapid plague diagnosis". New Scientist. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Plague test 'could save lives'". BBC News. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Dipstick Test For Meningitis Culprits". ScienceDaily. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Inauguration du centre Ciguaprod à Paea" (in French). TNTV. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2023.


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