Aurélie Fischer

Activities

Aurélie Fischer joined LIH in August 2001 first as a Research Engineer in the HIV Clinical & Translational Research Unit, and joined the CIEC in February 2014 as a Junior Clinical Research Associate.

She mainly coordinates infectious diseases projects between the medical investigators at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) and the researchers of the HIV Clinical & Translational Research Unit, in order to set up and manage regulatory submissions, logistical and administrative tasks, data collection and quality control of the projects. She also manages a team composed of Clinical Research Associates, Data Managers and clinical research trainees.

Research projects

We are involved in projects on 2 major topics:

• HIV :
  • START study : Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment
  • HIV-RAL study : Optimization of integrase inhibitors usage : pharmacogenetic contribution
  • ISALA study : Treatment interruption in HIV positive patients with low viral reservoir to evaluate the potential of a functional cure.
• HCV :
  • HCV-LU : Study of treatment resistance of Hepatitis C virus
  • HCV-UD : Drug addiction, hepatitis C and substitution : epidemiological, behavioral and clinical study