Dr. Oriol Manuel trained in Internal Medicine at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Barcelona and in Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV).  He did a Clinical Research Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases in Toronto and Edmonton, Canada. Dr Manuel currently works at the University Hospital of Lausanne as transplant infectious diseases specialist and clinical research scientist.

His main research interest is in the area of clinical research involving viral infections in transplant recipients. He is interested in the epidemiology and preventive strategies for cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in the transplant population, in particular on the use of immune monitoring assays for the management of CMV infection. He has also published on strategies for improving influenza vaccination after transplantation. He is Associate Professor of the University of Lausanne. He is also member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS), and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Transplantation.