Professor Leon Tshilolo

Professor of Pediatrics and Haematology at Official University of Mbujimayi (UOM) in DRC and Visitor Teacher at University of Kinshasa and University of Lubumbashi; Leon Tshilolo is Director of the Institut de Recherche Biomédicale 1-Health (IRB 1-Health) associated to CEFA-Monkole in Kinshasa, DRC. He has dedicated most of his research activities to Sickle Cell Disease. Leon Tshilolo is also Co-Chair in SickleinAfrica Consortium, Expert Consultant in WHO-AFRO, President and co-fondator of REDAC, a network of SCD Research in Central Africa. He is a member of the Académie de Médecine de France and the Académie Congolaise des Sciences (ACCOS).