Betty Dodet, PharmD, PhD is Director of the scientific communication consultancy, Dodet Bioscience.

Betty Dodet qualified in pharmacy at the Université Lyon 1, France, in 1969. After working as a pharmacist, she joined the Lyons-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), collaborating in the Departments of Epidemiology, Chemical Carcinogenesis, and Monographs and Publications (1973-1985). During this period, postgraduate studies in genetics, immunology and cancerology led to a PhD in experimental cancerology.

From 1985 to 1995, Betty worked as a freelance scientific journalist specialising in biotechnological sciences and health, collaborating with various French and English publications. She also worked as a translator and science editor.

At the request of Dr. Charles Mérieux, she became Scientific Director at the Fondation Mérieux in 1995 where she was in charge of organising courses, conferences and scientific communication in the areas of infectious diseases, vaccinology, and public health. In 2000, with professors Stanly Plotkin and Paul-Henri Lambert, she initiated the Advanced Vaccinology Course (ADVAC) which annually brings together the foremost, international experts in vaccinology. She has organised over 50 international conferences on transmissible diseases, vaccinology, biology and ethics.

Her work has lead to collaboration with representatives from major research bodies in France and abroad and international organisations.

She created Dodet Bioscience in 2004.