Emmanuelle Prada-Bordenave was appointed Friday to the presidency of the IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille to replace Yolande Obadia, a close friend of Professor Raoult who had resigned, we learned from the Institute.
State Councilor and former director of the Biomedicine Agency, Emmanuelle Prada-Bordenave, a 62-year-old enarque, was elected by the eighteen voting members of the IHU board of directors, we have specified from the same source.
His predecessor paid tribute to Raoult
This change at the head of the IHU Méditerranée comes after the replacement of the controversial Didier Raoult by Pr Pierre-Edouard Fournier, specialist in infectious diseases at the head of the institute.
President of the IHU since its creation in 2011 in the form of a foundation, Dr. Obadia announced in mid-July, when Professor Fournier was appointed, her intention to leave this post, then paying tribute to the “pugnacity” of Didier Raoult in the creation of this research institute on infectious diseases, a recognized institute but in the scientific and media storm for several months.
The arrival of Professor Fournier represents the “opportune moment” to set up a new tandem president (e)-director, wrote in mid-December Yolande Obadia in a statement sent to AFP, hoping that the latter would ensure that ” independence and responsiveness” of the IHU. Yolande Obadia, however, remains a member of the CA in the college of qualified personalities.