Thierry Lequerré MD.PhD
Course and current status
Actual situation
Rheumatology department of Rouen University Hospital, Hopital de BoisGuillaume, CHU Hôpitaux de Rouen, 76031 Rouen cedex, France.
Inserm 905, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie,
EDUCATION :
1992 : School-leaving certificate (Gisors, 27)
2000 : Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, Rouen University (Rouen,76)
2001 : Master’s degree in Cellular Biology, Rouen University (Good Mention)
2004 : Board certified rheumatologist
2004 : Doctorate of Medicine
2006 : PhD of molecular Biology
2006/2007 : Post-Doc at London in Guy’s Hospital (Pr Panayi Gabriel)
2011 : Habilitation to manage Research
DISSERTATIONS / THESES :
- Master’s (2001): « Analysis of the rheumatoid arthritis synovial transcriptome ; develelopment of a tool for identify diagnostics early markers ». Thesis advisor : Dr JP Salier
- Doctor of Medicine (2004) : « Identifiation de marqueurs clinico-biologiques predictifs de réponse/ non réponse à l’infliximab (RemicadeÒ) chez des patients atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde ». Thesis advisor : Pr O Vittecoq.
- PhD dissertation (January 2006): “Diagnostical and therapeutical interests of transcriptomic analysis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis” Thesis advisors: Dr Salier and Pr Le Loët
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
- 1992 – 1998: Besançon University School of Medicine
- 1998 - 1999: Resident in Rheumatology (6 mo) and Pneumology (6 mo) in CHG Les Feugrais, Elbeuf (76), France
- 1999 – 2000: Resident in Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, France
- 2002 – 2003 (6 mo): Resident in Clinical Immunology, Rouen University Hospital, France
- May 2003 - October 2003: Resident in Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, France
- November 2003 – April 2004: Resident in Clinical Immunology, Rouen University Hospital, France
- June 2004 – October 2004: Resident in Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, France
- 2004: Obtaining gold medal in Rouen University Hospital Competition
- 2007 : assistant of Pr Olivier Vittecoq in Rheumatology Department at Rouen University Hospital
TRAINING :
- Seminar in Advanced Rheumatology, School of Medicine, New York University, Mars 2003.
- Training junior of Rheumatology: Speaking Training 2004.
BURSARIES :
Grant: French Society of Rheumatology, 2001.
Grant BREMIS (French Rheumatology Society and Schering-Plough Laboratory): 2004.
Grant of the French Society of Rheumatology 2005
Grant of the “Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale” 2006
Grant of the ANR in 2009
National PHRC in 2010
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP :
- 2001: Member of French Society of Rheumatology (SFR).
- 2003: Member of Rheumatism and inflammation Club (CRI).
- 2003: Member of EGERIE Consortium
PATENT :
European patent “A method for predicting responsiveness to TNFalpha blocking agents” ( EP 06290789.4.)
European patent "A method for predicting responsiveness to anakinra” (N°: EP 08305252.2).
Scientific summary
My main skils are focused on rheumatoid arthritis and functionnal genomic. My main topic is translationnal research i.e. identification of predictive biomarkers able to predict drug responsiveness in rheumatoid arthritis.
