A graduate of the National Veterinary School of Nantes in 1987 and doctor of microbiology, Gilles Salvat has devoted a large part of his career to research in the service of veterinary public health.
Involved in food safety research since 1987, Gilles Salvat took over, in 1997, the head of the hygiene and quality unit for poultry and pork products at the CNEVA laboratory in Ploufragan (which became Afssa in 1999, then Anses in 2010 ). In 2004, he was appointed Director of ANSES’s Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, dedicated to the safety, health and well-being of poultry, rabbits and pigs and, since 2006, the health of fish from ‘breeding. In addition, he has also been the Agency’s Director of Animal Health and Animal Welfare since 2011.
During his career, Gilles Salvat has conducted research in food microbiology, particularly in microbial ecology, on Salmonella, Campylobacter et Listeria in the poultry and pig sectors and on the link between breeding and food processing methods and microbiological risks and their prevention. He is the author of more than 200 publications, conferences and book chapters, including a hundred peer-reviewed international publications.
Thus, with nearly 30 years of experience and a scientist committed to food safety and animal health and welfare, he took up his new position as Deputy Managing Director in charge of the research and reference division on 1is last February. It therefore coordinates the various entities of the Agency with research and reference activities.
Through his new missions, Gilles Salvat proposes the strategy and scientific orientations of the eleven laboratories for research, reference and health surveillance, defined in connection with the general orientations of the departments in charge of risk assessment and evaluation. regulated products. In addition, with his teams, his mission is to strengthen scientific partnerships with other health agencies and research and higher education establishments, and to initiate, support and lead actions contributing to the promotion and dissemination of research results. and reference from ANSES laboratories.
For Gilles Salvat, this appointment represents ” recognition of his commitment to veterinary public health within the Agency”. He adds ” that it will strive to support ANSES’s scientific excellence, in close collaboration with French and international teams.”