DR SIMON SAWADOGO

DR. SIMON P SAWADOGO

Head of the Department of Medical Entomology

BIOGRAPHY

Degree

  • D. in Medical Entomology (Molecular and ecological basis of swarming and mating behaviour in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae ss) 2013. Unit of training and research in Life Science and Earth, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  • Master Degree in Applied Biology (characterization of the etho-ecological factors that determine gambiae swarms with special reference to the genetic basis of the sexual behaviour) 2007. Unit of training and research in Life Science and Earth, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

CRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT

  • 2013-present. Researcher in the Laboratory of Medical Entomology, IRSS/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
  • 2008-2013. Research Assistant, in the Laboratory of Medical Entomology, IRSS/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Honors and Awards

  • Travel grant from Multilateral Initiative on Malaria to attend a meeting. November 2009 Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Grant from APHRC to support my PhD Activities, 2009.
  • Small Grant from the Royal Society and Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014
  • Grant from TDR Post-Doctoral grant, 2014.
  • Recipient of the TDR 40thAnniversary Special Award, 2014
  • Travel grant 7th MIM Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) conference, 15 au 20 Avril 2018, Dakar, Senegal, Poster
  • Research Career Development Fellow (RCDF) grant from the Partnership for Increasing the Impact of Vector Control (PIIVeC), 2018.
  • Prix d’Excellence Awards for Scientific Research in Health Sciences granted to my research team from the government of Burkina Faso, 2018.
  • Granted of International Atomic Energy Agency Research Contract in 2020
  • PostDoc fellow in Human Frontier Science Programme in 2021
  • Travel grant to attend the second FAO/IAEA Research Co-ordination Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2022
  • Travel grant to attend Antivec meeting in Kilifi, Kenya, ANTIVEC, UK, 2023
  • Travel Grant for scientific stay at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium, Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), 2023 

PUBLICATIONS

Simon P. Sawadogo, Abdoulaye Niang, Sean L. Wu, Azize A. Millogo, Jane Bonds, Mark Latham, Roch K. Dabiré, Allison Tatarsky, Frederic Tripet & Abdoulaye Diabaté. Comparison of entomological impacts of two methods of intervention designed to control Anopheles gambiae s.l. via swarm killing in Western Burkina Faso. Sci Rep 12, 12397 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16649-7

Simon P. Sawadogo, Didier A. Kabore, Ezechiel B. Tibiri, Angela Hughes, Olivier Gnankine, Shannon Quek, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Hilary Ranson, Grant L. Hughes & Roch K. Dabiré. Lack of robust evidence for a Wolbachia infection in Anopheles gambiae from Burkina Faso. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 36(3), 301–308 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12601

Abdoulaye Niang, Hamidou Maïga, Simon P. Sawadogo, Lassana Konaté, Ousmane Faye, Yoosook Lee, Roch K. Dabiré, Abdoulaye Diabaté & Frederic Tripet. Perfect association between spatial swarm segregation and the X-chromosome speciation island in hybridizing Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae populations. Sci Rep 12, 10800 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14865-9

Charles Nignan, Bèwadéyir S. Poda, Simon P. Sawadogo, Hamidou Maïga, Kounbobr R. Dabiré, Olivier Gnankine, Frédéric Tripet, Olivier Roux & Abdoulaye Diabaté. Local adaptation and colonization are potential factors affecting sexual competitiveness and mating choice in Anopheles coluzzii populations. Sci Rep 12, 636 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04704-8

Abdoulaye Niang, Simon P. Sawadogo, Abdoul A. Millogo, Nwamaka O. Akpodiete, Roch K. Dabiré, Frederic Tripet & Abdoulaye Diabaté. Entomological baseline data collection and power analyses in preparation of a mosquito swarm-killing intervention in south-western Burkina Faso. Malar J 20, 346 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03877-x

Simon P. Sawadogo, Achille S. Nikièma, Sanata Coulibaly, Lassane Koala, Abdoulaye Niang, Clarisse Bougouma, Roland W. Bougma, Olivier Gnankine, Frances M. Hawkes, Daniel Boakye and Roch K. Dabiré, 2021. Community implementation of human landing and non-human landing collection methods for Wuchereria bancrofti vectors. Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology, 13(1), 25-34.

Kelsey L. Adams, Simon P. Sawadogo, Charles Nignan, Abdoulaye Niang, Douglas G. Paton, W. Robert Shaw, Adam South, Jennifer Wang, Maurice A. Itoe, Kristine Werling, Roch K. Dabiré, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Flaminia Catteruccia, 2021. Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. Communications Biology (2021) 4:911, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02434-1

Guandong Wang, Joel Vega-Rodríguez, Abdoulaye Diabate, Jingnan Liu, Chunlai Cui, Charles Nignan, Ling Dong, Fang Li, Cheick Oumar Ouedrago, Abdoul Malik Bandaogo, Péguédwindé Simon Sawadogo, Hamidou Maiga, Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Tales Vicari Pascini, Sibao Wang, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena,2021. Clock genes and environmental cues coordinate Anopheles pheromone synthesis, swarming, and mating. Science 371, 411 – 415 (2021). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd4359

Timothy J. Straub, W. Robert Shaw, Perrine Marcenac, Simon P. Sawadogo, Roch K. Dabiré, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Flaminia Catteruccia & Daniel E. Neafsey, 2020. The Anopheles coluzzii microbiome and its interaction with the Intracellular parasite Wolbachia. Scientific Reports (2020) 10:13847

Abdoulaye Niang, Simon Péguédwindé Sawadogo, Roch K. Dabiré, Frederic Tripet, Abdoulaye Diabaté, 2020. Assessment of the ecologically dependent post-zygotic isolation between Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0240625.

Aristide Sawdetuo Hien, DieudonnéDiloma Soma, Simon Pengwende Sawadogo, Serge Bèwadéyir Poda, Moussa Namountougou, Georges Anicet Ouédraogo, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Roch Kounbobr Dabiré, 2020. Effect of Bendiocarb (Ficam® 80% WP) on Entomological Indices of Malaria Transmission by Indoor Residual Spraying in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Advances in Entomology, 2020, 8, 158-178.

Frances M. Hawkes, Roch K. Dabiré, Simon P. Sawadogo, Stephen J. Torr &

Gabriella Gibson, 2017. Exploiting Anopheles responses to thermal, odour and visual stimuli to improve surveillance and control of malaria. Scientific Reports, 7: 17283, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-17632-3

Sawadogo SP, Niang A, Bilgo E, Millogo A, Maïga H, Dabire RK, Tripet F, Diabaté A. Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 9;12(3):e0173273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173273. eCollection 2017

Shaw WR, MarcenacP, Childs LM, Buckee CO, Baldini F, Sawadogo SP, Dabiré RK, Diabaté A, Catteruccia F. Wolbachia infections in natural Anopheles populations affect egg laying and negatively correlate with Plasmodium development. Nat Commun. 2016 May 31;7:11772. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11772.

Sawadogo S.P., Namountougou M., Toé K.H., Rouamba J., Maïga H., Ouédraogo K.R., Baldet T., Gouagna L.C., Kengne P., Simard F., Costantini C., Gibson G., Diabaté A., Lees R.S., Gilles J., Dabiré K.R., 2014. Swarming behaviour in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii: Review of 4 years survey in rural areas of sympatry, Burkina Faso (West Africa)Acta Tropica, 130: 24-34.

Sawadogo S.P., Costantini C., Pennetier C., Diabaté A.,  Gibson G., Dabiré K.R., 2013. Differences in timing of mating swarms in sympatric populations of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae s.s. (formerly An. gambiae M and S molecular forms) in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Parasites Vectors, 6: 275.

Sawadogo S.P., Diabaté A., Sanon A., Toé H.K, Baldet T., Gibson G., Gilles J., Simard F., Sinkins S., Dabiré K.R., 2013. Effects of Age and Size on Anopheles gambiae s.s. 1 Male Mosquito Mating Success. J. Med. Entomol. 50: 285-293

Dabiré K.R., Sawadogo S.P., Hien D.F., Bimbilé-Somda N.S. , Soma D.D., Millogo A., Baldet T., Gouagna L-C., Lefèvre T., Diabaté A., Lees R.S., Gilles J., 2014. Occurrence of natural Anopheles arabiensis swarms in an urban area of Bobo-Dioulasso city, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Acta Tropica, 130: 44-50.

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