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Marion Lecorguillé PhD in public health, epidemiology

Course and current status

Academic background

2023            French qualification as a lecturer – midwifery teaching section 90

2017-2020  PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology
Title: “Maternal nutrition before pregnancy, fetal growth and placental epigenetics”, INSERM, CRESS, EARoH team, Paris Descartes (V) University, France

2015-2017  Master’s degree in public health research, Clinical research specialty, statistics, epidemiology, Paris Sud (XI) University, France

2009-2015  Midwifery diploma, Faculty of medicine, Bretagne Occidentale University, France

Research experience

Dec 2021-Nov 2023  Post-doctoral researcher, INSERM, CRESS, France
Project: « Impact of family-based health behaviours in the first 1000 days on childhood obesity » EAROH Team – EndObesity european project

Nov 2020-Nov 2021  Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1, University College Dublin, Ireland
Title: “Maternal dietary quality and offspring epigenetic associations”, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science – ALPHABET European project
Collaboration with the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol

2017-2020  PhD in public health, INSERM, CRESS, University of Paris, France
Title: “Maternal nutrition before pregnancy, fetal growth and placental epigenetics”, INSERM, CRESS, EARoH team
PhD research stay, University of Bristol, UK (4 months), MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Epigenetic Epidemiology Team

2017 Public Health Master’s degree Internship, INSERM, CRESS, France
Title: “Pregnancy outcomes in women with pre-existing thyroid diseases in the ELFE cohort study”

2014-2015  Midwifery thesis, University of Brest, France
Thesis: “Family-centered rounds (FCR) in neonatal and intensive unit care: a study of
professionals Practices and beliefs”

Prizes

2022  Mustela Foundation Research grant in midwifery – postdoctoral project

           CNSF & Institut Cerba Prize for Solidarity Research in midwifery

2019   Doctoral mobility grant (Paris V University)

           Doctoral mobility grant (Public Health Doctoral Network from EHESP French School  of Public Health)

2018   Clinical poster Award (AFERO: French association for the study and research on obesity)

2017   OpenHealth Institute Research award – master 2 internship

Teaching

URPS pharmacists of Hauts de France 'Food supplements during pregnancy.'
EHESP: Master 2 international class in epidemiology, public health and multifactorial/multivariate analyses
UVSQ Midwifery School  Intervention on the first 1000 days
Université Paris Cité  'Nutrition in the first 1000 days, migration and social inequalities in health.'
EndObesity project  e-learning module on childhood obesity prevention

Scientific summary

After graduating as a midwife, I continued my studies in the field of public health research and I obtained my PhD in epidemiology in 2020, which focused on the associations between maternal nutrition in preconception, fetal development and placental epigenetics. My first postdoctoral experience at University College Dublin investigated the role of parental diet in the prenatal period with offspring epigenetic associations within the European ALPHABET consortium. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Paris (INSERM) within the EAROH team, dedicated to the study of the early determinants of child development. I carry out my research work as part of the European EndObesity consortium, which includes important research questions on prevention strategies for childhood obesity, targeting family lifestyle factors in the first 1000 days of life. I am also involved in other research projects on the social inequalities in child nutrition in the first two years of life.