Joseph Larmarange is a Research Director in demography and public health at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD).
He completed a PhD in demography on the measurement of HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. After joining IRD, he worked mainly on HIV in West and Southern Africa, focusing in particular on the implementation of new testing and prevention strategies (including PrEP) among the general population and key populations (men who have sex with men and sex workers). More recently, he has expanded his research to the fields of sexual health and women’s cancers, particularly addressing issues related to sexual identities, intersectional analyses, and life-course trajectories in both health and social dimensions. Drawing on a dual perspective in social sciences and public health, he adopts a multidisciplinary approach to health issues.
For several years, he co-chaired the Public Health and Social Sciences Scientific Committee of ANRS|MIE. He is currently Deputy Director of the Population and Development Center in Paris (CEPED, a joint research unit of Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, IRD and Inserm) and Scientific Integrity Officer at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (Ined).