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RIPOCHE Marion 3-8190 Av Henri Julien Montréal, QC, H2P 2J2 Canada 514-627-4095 marion.ripoche@gmail.com

CARREER GOAL

Epidemiologist in the area of animal and/or public health.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan 2016- March 2017

Research Assistant – Public Health Institute of Québec (INSPQ), Canada. Supervisor: Ariane Adam-Poupart. Use of acarological passive surveillance to detect at risk area for Lyme disease in Québec, in addition to active surveillance of ticks in the environment and reported human cases. Updating of the definition of endemic area for Lyme disease in Québec

July 2013- April 2014

Teaching assistant – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada. Supervisor: Patrick Leighton. Microprogram in Veterinary Public Health: Introduction to veterinary public health; Ecosystems and Global Issues in Veterinary Public Health; Zoonoses and problems in veterinary public health

Nov-Dec 2012 Veterinary epidemiologist- French National Agency for wildlife (ONCFS) – Health unit of wildlife and SAGIR network, France. Supervisor: Jean-Yves Chollet Epidemiologic survey for bovine tuberculosis surveillance in wildlife in Côte d’Or ; Participation in ibex capture operations in Haute-Savoie for the monitoring of brucellosis

Nov 2011- March 2012

Veterinary epidemiologist - ONCFS (National agency for hunting and wildlife), France. Supervisor: Jean Hars. Epidemiologic survey for bovine tuberculosis surveillance in wildlife in Brotonne forest. Sampling lymph nodes of games (boars and deers) and estimation of prevalence

March- Nov 2011

Veterinary epidemiologist - Federation for Pest Control (FREDON), France. Supervisor: Philippe Gourlay. Case-control study about role of wild bird (starling, pigeon) in cattle abortion due to salmonella in Normandy. Development of survey protocol and questionnaire; training of interviewers; statistical analyses; writing and oral presentation of results.

Nov 2009 - Dec 2010

Biologist - French Polar Institute (IPEV) & National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) – Crozet island, French Southern Territories (TAAF). Supervisor: Yvon Le Maho. Dietary strategy and behavioral and physiological adaptation of King penguin against climate changes; limits and impact on population dynamic. Installation of loggers and GPS on mature King penguins, identification with transponder, monitoring growth of chicks, monitoring evolution in time and in space of the colony, monitoring breeding success. Albatros, Petrel and seal banding.

Jan-June 2009 Veterinary epidemiologist (internship) - National Veterinary School of Maisons Alfort, France. Evaluation of use of interferon in control of bovine tuberculosis in France. Application to the case of Dordogne region. Data analysis and comparison of decision patterns

Nov-Dec 2008

Laboratory (internship) - National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France -

USM 307- Parasitology and experimental models. Filariasis study: inoculations on

mice, autopsies, culture, frottis, colorations, PCR, ELISA, monitoring parasitic cycle.

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May-Aug 2008 Veterinary Epidemiologist (internship). Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy). Current epidemiological situation of hydatidosis in Sardinia. Filed sampling and analysis of the prevalence in slaughterhouses of Sardinia.

April 2005

Biologist (internship) - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France – Research unit of reproductive and behavioral physiology. Study of ovary aspect and answer to male effect in sheep by ultrasounds analysis.

2004-2007

Veterinarian (internship). Veterinary clinics (rural, canine, behaviour) and Zoo: animal take care, animals restraint, vaccination, banding.

EDUCATION

2013-2018 PhD in Veterinary Sciences (Epidemiology). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada. Supervisors: Patrick Leighton, Antoinette Ludwig, Nicholas Ogden. Risk estimation for vector-borne diseases in an emerging context: case of Lyme disease and West Nile virus in Quebec. Courses in statistics, epidemiology, modeling and spatial analysis. Collection of ticks and mosquitoes in 2013 and 2014 and supervision of field assistants.

2008-2009 Master 2 in Public Health: Epidemiological surveillance of human and animal diseases. National Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort, University Paris 12, International cooperation center in agronomic research for development (CIRAD-EMVT, Montpellier). Courses in statistics, descriptive and analytic epidemiology, epidemiological surveys, disease control programs. Courses in epidemiological surveillance, Database Management System, Geographic Information System, risk analysis.

2009 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - National Veterinary School of Toulouse/University of Toulouse III, France. Veterinary practice thesis: Control of hydatidosis in Sardinia (Italy). Supervisor: Philippe Jacquiet

2007-2008 Certificate of Advanced Veterinary Education (CEAV) in animal pathologies in tropical regions. National Veterinary School of Toulouse and French agricultural research and international cooperation organization (CIRAD), France. Courses in epidemiological surveillance (including simulation exercise of epidemiological surveillance network implementation), Database Management System, Geographic Information System, tropical pathologies.

2003-2007 Diploma of Veterinary studies (DVM) - National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. Courses and practices of veterinary medecine (pets and cattle), surgical intervention, blood sampled, autopsy and inspection in slaughterhouse.

2002-2003 Pre-veterinary school - Lycée Saint-Louis, Paris Intensive undergraduate studies to prepare for the national competitive examination

to enter French veterinary schools.

2001-2002 Baccalauréat Scientifique (equivalent to the A level). France

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2018 Award of excellence from thesis committee and recorded on the Dean’s Honours List 2018 Lucie-Dutil award. Research Group on Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public

Health (GREZOSP), University of Montreal. (CA$ 500). For a student in acknowledgement of its remarkable contribution to the research group through its human qualities, in particular, its ability to listen, commit and respect others)

2017 Poster Award. 2nd prize (Evaluation Committee) and 1st prize (Student Committee). Journée de la Recherche, Faculty of veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal.

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(CA$ 500) 2016 Presentation Award. 1st prize for student oral presentation, Canadian Association of

Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVPEM), Guelph, Canada. (CA$ 250)

2016 Travel Grant. Research Group on Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health (GREZOSP), University of Montreal. (CA$ 2000)

2014 Doctoral Research Grant: Bourse d’excellence de 2e année de doctorat. University of Montreal. (CA$ 4000)

2003 National competitive examination to enter French veterinary schools. 109th place in the National Ranking

2002 Mention Très Bien au Baccalauréat Scientifique (highest honor, equivalent to the A level with honors)

PUBLICATIONS

Manuscripts in preparation

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N., LEIGHTON P. (submitted). Weather conditions as short-term

predictors of the abundance of West-Nile virus vectors Culex pipiens/restuans and Aedes vexans in

urbanised regions in southern Québec (Canada). (Intended journal: Journal of Medical Entomology)

RIPOCHE M., BOUCHARD C., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N., LEIGHTON P. (in prep). Invasion of Ixodes

scapularis tick and Borrelia burgdorferi in Québec between 2007 and 2014. (Intended journal: Tick and

tick-born disease)

RIPOCHE M., GASMI S., ADAM-POUPART A., KOFFI J., MILORD F., OGDEN N., THIVIERGE K.,

LEIGHTON P. (in prep). Mise en valeur des données de surveillance passive des tiques pour identifier

les zones et les niveaux de risque de la maladie de Lyme au Québec. Bulletin de surveillance de

l’Institut de santé Publique du Québec (INSPQ).

Published in refereed and non-refereed journals

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N., LEIGHTON P. (2018). Spatial heterogeneity in host-seeking

Ixodes scapularis nymph distribution in the Lyme disease emergence zone in Québec (Canada) at

different geographic scales. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (in press).

RIPOCHE M., GASMI S., ADAM-POUPART A., KOFFI J., MILORD F., OGDEN N., THIVIERGE K., LEIGHTON P. (2018) Passive tick surveillance provides an accurate early signal of emerging Lyme disease risk and human cases in southern Canada.Journal of Medical Entomology (in press).

BOUCHARD C., AENISHAENSLIN C., REES E.E., KOFFI J.K., PELCAT Y., RIPOCHE M., MILORD

F.,LINDSAY L.R., OGDEN N.H., LEIGHTON P. A. (2018).Integrated socio-ecological risk maps to

prioritize local public health responses to Lyme disease. Environmental Health Perspectives (in press).

RIPOCHE M., PAYNE A., HARS J. (2013) Rétrospective des enquêtes menées dans le cadre de la surveillance de la tuberculose dans la faune sauvage de Côte-d’Or entre 2003 et 2011. Rapport ONCFS, France. 61 p.

HARS J., RIPOCHE M., De VALICOURT L., ALAVOINE V., RAMBAUD T., GARIN-BASTUJI B., BOSCHIROLI M.L. (2012) Programme de surveillance de la tuberculose chez les animaux sauvages de la forêt de Brotonne (Seine-Maritime et Eure). Rapport final de l’enquête menée durant la saison de chasse 2011-2012. ONCFS, 29p.

HARS J., RIPOCHE M., MOINET M. (2013) Unexpected outbreak of Brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis in mountain ungulates from the Bargy Massif in Haute-Savoie (France). Bull European wildlife disease association (EWDA), 2013, 9: 3-4

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GOURLAY P., RIPOCHE M., LEHEBEL A. (2012) Avifaune sauvage et avortements à Salmonelles dans les élevages bovins: étude cas/témoin dans le département de la Manche. Epidémiol. Et santé

anim, 2012, 61.

RIPOCHE M., VARCASIA A. et SCALA A. (2009) Etude de la prévalence de l’hydatidose dans le cheptel ovin en Sardaigne. Epidémiol. et santé anim., 2009, 56.

RIPOCHE M. (2009) La lutte contre l'hydatidose en Sardaigne. Thèse d'exercice, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France, 2009, 107 p.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

RIPOCHE M. (2016). La maladie de Lyme au Québec, une maladie vectorielle en expansion. 38ème

Congrès de l’Association Québécois de Gestion Parasitaire (AQGP), Laval, Canada.

RIPOCHE M., GASMI S., ADAM-POUPART A., KOFFI J., MILORD F., OGDEN N., THIVIERGE K. &

LEIGTHON P (2016). Passive tick surveillance as an early warning system for emerging Lyme disease

risk: mapping tick establishment and early human cases in a Lyme disease emergence zone in

southern Canada. International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man

(INCDNCM), Guelph, Canada.

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P (2016). Spatial heterogeneity in Ixodes

scapularis distribution within the Lyme disease emergence zone in Southern Canada. Canadian

Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVPEM), Guelph, Canada.

RIPOCHE M. (2015) Animaux, Insectes et Humains: propagation des zoonoses au Québec dans un

contexte de changement climatique. Journée Annuelle de Santé Publique (JASP), Montréal, Canada.

.RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P. (2014) Emerging vector-borne diseases in

Québec: Lyme disease and West-Nile. 4th Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals

(CCWHC), Québec, Canada

RIPOCHE M. (2013) La maladie de Lyme au Québec: Etat des lieux et activités de recherche. Curieux

de nature, réserve Naturelle de Gault, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada.

POSTERS

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P (2017). West-Nile in Québec: weather

conditions as short-term predictors of Culex pipiens-restuans and Aedes vexans abundance in

urbanised area. Journée de la Recherche de la faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Saint-Hyacinthe,

Canada

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P (2016). Spatial heterogeneity in Ixodes

scapularis distribution within the Lyme disease emergence zone in Southern Québec (Canada). XXV

International Congress of Entomology (ICE), Orlando, USA.

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P (2016). Spatial heterogeneity in Ixodes

scapularis distribution within the Lyme disease emergence zone in Southern Québec (Canada). 71st

International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man (INCDNCM), Guelph, Canada.

RIPOCHE M., LUDWIG A., IRANPOUR M., OGDEN N. & LEIGTHON P. (2014) West-Nile et

biodiversité dans les différents espaces de la ville. Colloque « Santé et Biodiversité », Lyon, France.

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WORKSHOPS

2016 Introduction to qualitative methods for research in epidemiology - University of

Montreal

2015 Bayesian latent class models for prevalence estimation and diagnostic test in the

absence of a gold-standard - University of Montreal

2015 Public Policy and Population Health: Strengthening Bridges - Strategic Group of

Public Policy and Population Health

2015 Ecosystem Approaches to Health (Ecohealth) - Canadian Community of Practice in

Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH-Canada)

2014 Spatial data analyzes (individual and aggregated) and spatial regressions - Quebec

inter-University Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS)

2014 Software Carpentry Bootcamp - Software Carpentry

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 2016-2017 Organizing committee of Public Health Symposium of the Research Group on

Epidemiology of Zoonoses and Public Health (GREZOSP)

2016-2015 Editor of a monthly newsletter by email for student of GREZOSP, gathering scientific

information

2015-2017 Coordinator of the activities of the student group for the “24 Hour of Science” in

Québec: information and activities on Lyme disease and rabies in Quebec and

prevention tools for the general public

2015 Expert group of West-Nile surveillance in Quebec, Public Health Institute of Québec

2013-2017 Organizing Committee for the activities for the students of GREZOSP

OTHER SKILLS

Software: Mac and Microsoft

R, SAS

ArcGIS, QGIS, SatScan

Access, Epi Info, @Risk

Word , Excel, Power Point Languages: French: native language English: good written and oral comprehension Italian and german: basic Driver’s licence

Volunteer work:

Private teaching for school support in mathematics, natural sciences and methodology for elementary

and secondary students.

Fundraising of 5000 € to participate in the 4L TROPHY (humanitarian aid in Morocco)

Sea Kayak skills Level 2 of the Quebec Federation of canoeing and kayaking