Léon Tshilolo is a Professor of Pediatrics and Hematology at the Official University of Mbujimayi and a Visitor at the University of Kinshasa and Lubumbashi; he is the Director of the Institut de Recherche Biomédicale at “CEFA” (Educational and Health Training Center) associated to Monkole Hospital. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
He conducted a newborn screening (NBS) pilot study in DRC and a Phase 2 study of the use of hydroxyurea in Africa (Reach/ site DRC). He is a consultant of WHO-AFRO and the Co-Chair of SickleinAfrica Consortium. He is the President of the “REDAC” (network of SCD Study in Central Africa) and he is a Member of the French Academy of Medicine and the Congolese Academy of Sciences (ACCOS).