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Jacques Fellay

jacques.fellay@epfl.ch http://fellay-lab.epfl.ch

EPFL SV GHI UPFELLAY
AAB 2 40 (Bâtiment AAB)
Station 19
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Human genomics of infectious diseases - Immunogenetics - Virus-host interactions - Translational genomics - Personalized health

Mission

Human genetic variation plays a key role in modulating immunity and determining individual outcomes after exposure to infectious agents. The mission of our laboratory is to contribute to a better understanding of inter-individual differences in response to infections, using a range of contemporary genomic tools. Approaches include genome-wide genotyping and association analysis, exome/genome sequencing and transcriptomics.
Jacques Fellay is a medical scientist with expertise in human genomics, infectious diseases, and personalized health. He obtained his MD from the University of Lausanne in 2002 and his PhD from University of Utrecht. After a clinical training in infectious diseases in Switzerland and a 4-years postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University, he joined the EPFL in April 2011 with an SNF Professorship. On top of his EPFL position, Jacques is also Head of Precision Medicine at the University Hospital (CHUV) in Lausanne, Group Leader at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Faculty member at the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH ), and Chief Scientist at the Health2030 Genome Center at Campus Biotech in Geneva.

Awards

National Latsis Prize

Latsis foundation

2012

Leenaards Prize for translational medical research

Leenaards foundation

2015

Excellence in Basic Research Award

Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases

2017

« Divisionnaire F.-K. Rünzi » Foundation Award

2013

Infoscience

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Lisa Mathilde Julia Fournier, Valeriia Timonina, Chaimae El Houjjaji, Mariam Ait Oumelloul, Simon Tang, Emmanuelle Marie Mohbat, Miranda Linnéa Carlsson

Past EPFL PhD Students

Samira Asgari (2016), Petar Scepanovic (2018), Christian Axel Wandall Thorball (2020), Olivier Naret (2021), Flavia Aurelia Hodel (2022), Zhi Ming Xu (2023), Ali Saadat Varnosfaderanii (2025)

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Zhicong Huang (2018)

Courses

New tools & research strategies in personalized health

BIO-491

This course introduces the concept of personalized health, exploring its foundational technologies as well as the technological, legal, and ethical challenges the field currently faces. Strategies and approaches used to address these challenges will also be discussed.