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Valérie Siroux Respiratory Epidemiologist, Ph.D

Course and current status

Current position

Since Dec 2019: Senior Researcher (Directrice de Recherche) at Inserm U 1209, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), GRENOBLE  (P. Hainaut)

Since April 2020: Co-leader of the team "Environmental epidemiology applied to the development and the respiratory health"

Positions held

2006  Research Scientist (Chargée de Recherche) at Inserm U 1209, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), GRENOBLE  (P. Hainaut)

 2005      INSERM U578 (became Inserm/UJF U823 and U1209), GRENOBLE (C. Brambilla). Post-doctoral position in respiratory epidemiology

2004     Arizona Respiratory Center, TUCSON, Arizona. Post-doctoral position in genetic epidemiology, mentor : Pr F. Martinez

2002-3 INSERM U472 (became U1018), « Pneumology and immuno-allergology» team, VILLEJUIF (T Moreau) et CHU de GRENOBLE, Département de Médecine Aiguë Spécialisée, GRENOBLE (C.Brambilla). Respiratory epidemiologist

1999     Occupational Hygiene Program, VANCOUVER (Canada). 6 months. Statistician, epidemiologist

1998     IPROS (Institute for prevention and research in osteoporosis), CHR ORLEANS. 1 year. Statistician, epidemiologist

1997     INSERM U169 (became U472 and U780 and U1018), « Pneumology and immuno-allergology» team, VILLEJUIF (J Lellouch). 6 months. Epidemiologist

Education

Scientific summary

My research focuses on respiratory epidemiology, and more specifically on asthma. Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children, and 10% of the French population suffers from asthma. Asthma is associated with an impaired quality of life and leads to considerable social and economic costs. My research is aimed to better understand asthma and to identify the environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors associated with its development. It lies in the collection of several layers of high-resolution data (exposome, genome, epigenome) in well-characterized cohorts allowing a life-course approach.