Yves ROQUELAURE MD, PhD Occupational Health and Ergonomics
Course and current status
University professor and hospital practitioner since 2006, specialty “occupational medicine and health” (CNU 46.02, exceptional class since 01/09/2019), University of Angers, unit IRSET UMR 1085 Inserm (Rennes-Angers, France)
Team leader at IRSET UMR 1085 Inserm, University of Rennes 1, UEHESP, University of Angers; ESTER team (Epidemiology in Occupational Health and Ergonomic) since 2017 (20 persons)
Education and Degrees
2001 ............................... HDR (Ability to lead researches), University of Angers
1999 ............................... PhD Thesis in Ergonomics, University of Paris I - EPHE. « Activities with instruments and health preservation: an interdisciplinary approach». Thesis defense December 23, 1999
1990 ................ …………DES Occupational medicine and Health, University of Paris VI
1990 ............................... Medical Thesis, University of Paris VI
1988………………………Master of Science (M2) “Biomechanics and movement physiology”, University Paris XI
1985………………………Master 1 “Physiology”, University of Paris VI
1985 ............................... Medical Resident (Paris)
1979-1985...................... Medical School, University of Caen
Scientific Career
Sept 2006....................... University Professor and Hospital Practitioner (PU-PH), University of Angers, France
1996-2005...................... Associate professor of Occupational Health and Ergonomics, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
1990-1992...................... Hospital practitioner, CHU Angers
1985-1990...................... Medical Resident Paris University
Scientific and Economic Activities, Expertise
- Senior researcher specialized in epidemiology and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs and back, risk assessment and integrated strategies of prevention of occupational disorders and job retention.
- Expert in occupational health for the revision of the new French tables for compensation of MSDs as occupational diseases (OD) (Tables number 57 A to E – 2011-2015, French ministry of work) accounting for 90% of OD in France.
- Board member of the SIRIC ILIAD (Imaging and Longitudinal Investigations to Ameliorate Decision-making in multiple myeloma and breast cancer) (CHU Nantes, CHU Angers, ICO) and PI of axis 3 « REWORK-QoL » (Quality of life and sustainable return to work after breast cancer: from the individual to the collective, an integrative approach).
- Board member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (world society of occupational
health) (2009-2015); past president of the ICOH Scientific Committee “Musculoskeletal Disorders” (2010-2013). Member of the French Society of Occupational Medicine and French speaking society of Ergonomics (SELF). - Organizer of the 7th International Conference on the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (PREMUS 2010, world congress); 31 August-2 September 2010, Angers (France); first International Conference on Work Disability prevention and Integration (WDPI2010), 2-3 September 2010, Angers (France);18th congress French association of Occupational Epidemiology (ADEREST), Angers (France), 12-13 Marchs 2018.
- Scientific Expert for ANR, ANSES, Public Health France, DREES, ANRT, INRS, Canadian IRSST, INSPQ.
- Reviewer in Scandinavian Journal of Work, Occupational Environmental Medicine (15), Applied Ergonomics, BMC Public Health, etc.
- International award "René Barthes", International Commission on Occupational Heath, ICOH 2000-EDF, Singapore, 2 September 2000.
- Grant for doctoral training and research (PEDR 2014, 2018)
Scientific summary
Research Expertise
- Occupational Health, ergonomics, occupational epidemiology, musculoskeletal disorders, return to work, prevention.
After training in physiology (master's degree in general physiology, occupational physiology and ergonomics) during my clerkship, I did an internship in public health (occupational medicine option) for 5 years in Nantes and then in Paris. In addition to the medical clinic, I gradually developed expertise in (i) ergonomics (military service at the DGA with JP Menu, C Valot and R Amalberti, CNAM course and university thesis), (ii) biomechanics (DEA in Paris XI-Orsay), (iii) toxicology (Paris Center for poison control, residency, MD thesis) and (iv) epidemiology (CESAM, Inserm epidemiological investigations (D Hémon (1986-93), M Goldberg (2000- ) and A Leclerc (1993-)) allowing an original interdisciplinary approach to occupational health. This was formalized in my ergonomics PhD thesis directed by Antoine Laville (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Paris I Sorbonne) and an HDR defended in 2001.
My work since 1990 is part of an interdisciplinary approach to occupational health articulating four complementary approaches (biomechanical, ergonomic, clinical and epidemiological) referring to the conceptual frameworks of the WHO social determinants of health and constructive and developmental ergonomics. My work focuses mainly on the study of risk factors and the prevention of MSDs and the occupational disintegration they induce.
Since 2018, my work and the work carried out under my direction has placed particular emphasis on (i) the interrelationships between work organization, managerial practices, psychosocial factors at work and MSDs, integrated prevention of MSDs and return to work after cancer.
