CV Science

Catherine Bourgain PhD

Course and current status

INSERM Research Director at CERMES3

Head of CERMES3 (Centre de Recherches Médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé Mentale, Société) - INSERM U988, CNRS UMR 8211, EHESS, Université Paris Cité

Past positions

Inserm researcher – Sociology of sciences and health (Cermes3, Villejuif) (2013-2020)
Inserm researcher – Biostatistics – Mental Health and addictions (Inserm U669, Villejuif) (2009-2012)
Inserm researcher – Genetic Epidemiology (Inserm U535, Villejuif) (2003-2008)
Research Associate, Department of Human Genetics and Department of Statistics, Univ. Chicago (2002)

Education

Master in Public Administration, IEP Lille, 2009
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Genetic variability and Human diseases. Univ. Paris Sud, 2008
PhD in Statistical Genetics, Genetics of complex diseases in founder populations. Univ. Paris Sud, 2001
Master in Public Health. Univ. Paris Sud, 1998
Agrégation des sciences de la vie et de la Terre, 1997
Master in Genetics, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 1996
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (1994-1998)

Scientific summary

Trained in population genetics, statistics and epidemiology, I have worked for ten years in genetic epidemiology, developing statistical methods for the genetic characterization of complex diseases.

After a training in sociology and history of sciences and medicine at EHESS,  I joined the Cermes3, in 2013, to start a series of collective and multidisciplinary social science studies on high-throughput genomics in the context of care, including oncology and cardiovascular diseases.

I am a member of the Inserm Ethics Committee, since 2013.