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Congratulations to Damien Krier, winner of the DomusVi Foundation’s Yves Journel University Prize for Solidarity between Generations. As a health economist within the Phares and Active teams at the BPH, Damien was recognised for his thesis: “Cost-effectiveness evaluation of a model of social inclusion and personalised care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders […]

Laure Gayraud, an epidemiology researcher and orthoptist in the LEHA team at the BPH, has been awarded the Edouard and Lucie Chaffoteaux Prize by the Fondation de France for her project on ‘Exposure to air pollution and ocular ageing’. This award recognises the excellence of her research work               […]

This year, the work carried out by Leslie Grasset, a researcher in the PHARes-BPH team, has been recognized by the Alzheimer’s Foundation. She has been awarded the Joël Ménard Prize for her research into the role of modifiable risk factors in the development of neurocognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases     […]

The French National Academy of Medicine has awarded the 2025 Édouard Bonnefous Prize to Clément Bigeard, a veterinary doctor and doctoral student working with the GHiGS team (BPH University of Bordeaux) and the ZEN team (Equine Zoonoses and Neurovirology) ” (ANSES), for his work on arboviruses and their impact on human and animal health, using […]

This award honours the poster presented by Gayo Diallo at the 10th edition of the Digital Public Health International Conference (DPH2025), held in Madeira from 24 to 26 July 2025.           Prof. Gayo Diallo, co-leader of the BPH-AHeaD team, presented this study on the applications of AI and semantic technologies to […]

Ilana Caro, a young BPH-ELEANOR researcher, was honoured at the last meeting of the CHARGE Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium in Washington on 22 June 2025. This Early-Career Achievement 2025 prize rewards young scientists who, in the early years of their careers, stand out for the quality and impact of […]

Denis Rustand joined the BPH-BIOSTAT team in July 2025 as an Inserm research fellow. After 4 years as a post-doc at KAUST University in Saudi Arabia, this biostatistician will continue his work here at the BPH, , developing a research programme on statistical models for the joint analysis of complex longitudinal and survival data in […]

Derek Dinart who is a biostatistician working with the BPH-EPICENE team at the Institut Bergonié received the ARC Foundation Prize at the EPICLIN-JSCLCC 2025 conference.           Derek Dinart develops his research projects within the BPH-EPICENE team and the Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer (CLCC) Bergonié. He is renowned for his […]

After defending his thesis on 14 February 2024, Ismaila Ouedraogo was convincing both the jury of his thesis defence and the jury that awarded the prize. He will receive an award, accompanied by an endowment, for the interdisciplinary nature of his work as part of the BPH AHeaD team           Ismaila […]

Stéphanie Debette, co-director and researcher in the BPH-ELEANOR ‘Molecular Epidemiology of Vascular and Cerebral Disorders’ team, director of the BPH from 2022 to 2024, director of the VBHI institute launched in July 2024, has just been awarded the prestigious Inserm Grand Prix on 11 December 2024.       This distinction, one of the highest […]

    On Friday, October 18, 2024, the installation ceremony for the new members of the French University Institute (IUF) took place in the Grand Amphitheater of the Sorbonne, in the presence of Mr. Patrick Hetzel, Minister of Higher Education and Research.   The winners, known as IUF members, are professors and researchers selected by […]

The L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO have announced the winners of the prestigious 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science France Young Talents prizes which rewards young scientific researchers every year. One of the 35 winners is Mélissa Macalli, currently post-doctoral researcher in the BPH’s HEALTHY team, who has already had a great career particulary in her […]

3rd Edition of the BPH Young Researchers’ Scientific Day, The BPH has organised for the third time in its history an exceptional day entirely dedicated to the new generation of public health scientists.  Consult the full Program     This day highlighted the talent of the young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers from our research center. […]

Jeanne NEUFFER has just been awarded a thesis prize by the Direction Générale de la Santé for her work on nutrition, lifestyle and the prevention of brain ageing.   The winners of the 2nd Thesis Prize with Grégory Emery, Director General of Health   Retour Congratulations to Jeanne NEUFFER, who has just been awarded the […]

Virgilio Hernandez-Ruiz joined the Lancet Commission on “HIV and Aging     This Commission relies on a working group composed of international experts in medicine, public health, geriatrics, epidemiology, and social sciences, aiming at analyzing the medical, social, and economic challenges posed by the aging of people living with HIV in order to promote appropriate […]