Simon Grandjean Lapierre completed a MD at Université de Sherbrooke and residency training in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at Université de Montréal. He also completed a MSc in molecular diagnostics applied to mycobacteria at Université Aix-Marseille and then did post-doctoral training in sequencing-based TB diagnostics implementation and novel technologies in Global Health in Madagascar. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department of Université de Montréal and holds a clinical-investigator position at the Montreal University Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM). Simon Grandjean Lapierre directs a translational research program focusing on the impact of molecular epidemiology on TB control in high burden settings and new technologies including digital cough monitoring for screening and clinical monitoring off TB disease. His research is supported by the Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec, Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Wellcome Trust.