Management and Surveillance of Parasitic and Infectious Emergencies (GS-EPI)

Depending on the teaching unit: Final assessment, continuous assessment, oral. Projects and internships are assessed on the basis of specific continuous assessment methods: a written report/thesis and an oral presentation before a jury.

• M1 specific to ^4th-year research pharmacy students, to focus training on skills not covered in their previous curriculum

• M2 apprenticeship (currently being set up and awaiting approval): alternating on-campus study periods with internship periods.

in preparation

Opening planned if approved, in September 2022

An internship of 3 to 4 months is offered and recommended as early as M1, if possible in the world of applied or finalized research, in order to promote learning of the scientific approach and training through research. An in-depth tutored project is offered as an alternative to the first-year internship for students who need to deepen their knowledge and/or consolidate their approach and ability to synthesize, in order to better prepare for M2 and the end-of-study internship.

            The end-of-study internship in management or monitoring structures (national or international), in international organizations, NGOs, research bodies or institutions, or even health-related companies, is compulsory in M2 for a period of 5 to 6 months, in the student's chosen field of specialization.

M1 entry: a bachelor's degree or equivalent

M2 entry: one year of Master 1 or equivalent

see target audience for more information

Applications can be submitted on the following platforms: 

French & European students :

• For M1, follow the "My Master" procedure on the website: https: //www.monmaster.gouv.fr/

• For M2, students must submit their application via the e-candidat application: https: //candidature.umontpellier.fr/candidature

International students from outside the EU: follow the "Études en France" procedure: https: //pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/etudesenfrance/dyn/public/authentification/login.html

Opening up this course to young people from basic science courses (Bachelor's degrees), health courses (especially pharmacy, but also human and veterinary medicine), as well as to health monitoring personnel in continuing education, and to students from geography and planning courses (under certain conditions), contributes to building a common culture among players in this field, in response to the need for interdisciplinary connections.

M1 entry:

• of students from
  • bachelor's degrees in Life Sciences or Life and Earth Sciences, in particular Ecology and Organismal Biology, Organismal and Population Biology, Environmental Sciences, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Physiology,
  • Health Sciences bachelor's degrees 
  • Biology and Humanity licenses (Catholic universities)....,
• students in their 4th year of pharmacy or human medicine.
• Secondarily, students from bachelor's degrees in Geography and Planning, Social Sciences, Health and Social Sciences. Their integration will be validated on the basis of additional elements in their file indicating their ability to rapidly acquire certain elements of the so-called "hard" sciences.

M2 entry:

• by right, students who have completed the M1 Eco-EPI
• students with an M1 in Biology, Biology-Health, Health, Life Sciences, Public Health, Microbiology, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Biology-Agro Sciences, Agrosciences, Environment, Territories, Landscape, Forest, Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Risks and Environment, Teaching, Education and Training Professions (MEEF),^2nd degree. Their integration will be assessed on the basis of the M1 prerequisites essential for continuation in M2 GS-EPI, the coherence between their training project and the objectives of the pathway, and on the basis of potential vacancies in relation to intake capacity.
• ^6th year veterinary students with a professional project focused on "one health" epidemiological surveillance (under the same conditions as those listed above)
• Continuing education for pharmacists and medical interns in response to the need for integrative skills among future healthcare professionals
• Continuing training for health monitoring staff in eco-epidemiology.

To enter the M2 GS-EPI apprenticeship program (application in progress - subject to approval; scheduled to open in September 2022)

• Priority to M1 Eco-EPI students
• students from M1 programs (listed above)
• 6th year veterinary students

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Imposed by the entry level (see Target Audience), the specific modalities linked to initial, continuing or sandwich training. This mainly involves :

• a bachelor's degree in biological and environmental sciences, or its equivalent, for entry into M1;
• Master's level 1 in biological and peri-biological sciences, or their equivalent, in M2, including fundamental knowledge of pathogens or diseases of infectious and parasitic origin.

For entry into M1, "knowledge" at L3 level or equivalent in at least 2 of these fields.

• Organismal biology
• Physiology
• Cellular and molecular biology
• Ecology
• Evolutionary biology
• Parasitology
• Microbiology

For entry into M2, knowledge at M1 level or equivalent is required in the biology of the main pathogenic organisms and in at least 2 of the following fields

• Infectious and parasitic pathologies 
• Antibiotic therapy and anti-infectious drugs
• General ecology
• Parasitic ecology
• Microbial ecology
• Health ecology
• Evolutionary biology and/or conservation biology
• Parasitology
• Microbiology
• Vector Entomology
• Descriptive epidemiology (statistics)
• Modeling
• Health risk management
• Public health policy
• Epidemiological surveillance

For entry into M1,

• L1-L2 level knowledge in at least 1 of these fields

1. Bio-Statistics
2. IT (database, GIS)

• Basic knowledge, even if self-taught, in 1 or 2 of the following areas can be invaluable

1. Breeding systems
2. Economy
3. Sociology
4. Anthropology
5. Regional planning
6. Environmental management
7. Conservation biology

For entry into M2,

• M1-level knowledge in at least 1 of these fields (initial training)

1. Bio-Statistics
2. IT (database, GIS)

• Knowledge (professional experience, internships, studies, extracurricular experience) in 1 or 2 of the following areas

1. Human or veterinary health
2. Livestock breeding and production systems
3. Economics and trade globalization
4. Participatory science
5. Sociology /Anthropology
6. Development aid
7. Humanitarian aid
8. Regional planning
9. Environmental management

Although this is not the main objective of the course, it is possible in the context of theses at the disciplinary interfaces between health ecology and sociology, in applied or targeted research.

the same opportunities as in France, on interface theses and management applications.

Careers: Expert eco-epidemiologist, eco-epidemiological monitoring officer, health watch officer, surveillance network coordinator (including animal diseases), epidemiological risk management consultant...

Insertion: National or regional management and surveillance bodies / Health watch institutes (in France: ANSES, DGAI, DDPP, SPF...or abroad; ECDC...), International bodies, Surveillance networks, Groupements de Défense Sanitaire (GDS)...