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Rémy Slama PhD in Environmental Epidemiology

Course and current status

Education

University Grenoble-Alpes - Medical Faculty      HDR (Habilitation to supervize research) 2011     Environmental epidemiology

Positions

Senior Investigator (Directeur de Recherches), Inserm

From 2016: Team of Environmental epidemiology applied to reproduction and respiratory health, team leader, and Department of Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases (Department head), Institute for Advanced Biosciences (Inserm U1209), Grenoble (La Tronche), France.

From 2011: Team of Environmental epidemiology applied to reproduction and respiratory health, team leader, within the joint research center of Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), CNRS and University Grenoble-Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (Inserm U1209), Grenoble (La Tronche), France.

From Jan. 2008:  Team of Environmental epidemiology applied to human reproduction and fertility”, team leader, Institut Albert Bonniot/Inserm U823, La Tronche (Grenoble). Supported by an AVENIR Grant from Inserm.

July 2006-Jan.08 Visiting scientist, Helmholtz Center Munich – German Research Center for Environmental Health (formerly GSF), at the Institute of Epidemiology (H.E. Wichmann, J. Heinrich).

2004-2006:          Researcher, Unit 822 "Epidemiology, Demography and Social Sciences", directed by J. Bouyer (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre).

From 2004           Researcher (Chargé de Recherche, competitive permanent position), Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research),

2003                    Post-doctoral position at Inserm, Unit 569 (directed by H. Leridon)

2000-2001        Visiting scientist, Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany), Center for Applied Statistics and Econometry (with Pr. W. Härdle and Pr. A. Werwatz)

1999-2002      Doctoral studies in environmental epidemiology, Inserm U292, directed by Pr. A. Spira. PhD Thesis on "Influence of male exposure to ionizing radiation on Human Fecundity".

Services

SCHEER (Scientific Committee on Health, Environment and Emerging Risks), European Commission, 2016-

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), elected councilor (2012-2014)

Agence Nationale de Santé Publique (ANSP), member of the scientific council.

Fondation de France, head of the scientific council of the committee on "Environment and Public Health" (2011-2017)

President (2008-) and member (2005-) of the scientific committee of the National Research Program on Endocrine Disruptors (PNRPE, French Ministry of the Environment).

Expert Committee on Environment and Reproduction (Inserm), 2009-2011, member.

Comité de la Prévention et de la Précaution (CPP, Ministry of Ecology), 2011-2015, member.

Expert Committee on the Health consequences of air pollution, ANSES (French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety), member (2007-2008, 2011-2017).

Environmental Health Perspectives, Associate Editor (2016-).

Scientific summary

Within the field of environmental health, my research aims at better characterizing the influence of environmental factors on human health, in particular in relation to early-life exposures, in connection with DOHaD (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease) and endocrine disruption concepts.

Main research topics:

-the influence of atmospheric pollutants on human health;

-the influence of endocrine disruptors (e.g., phenols, phthalates) on human health;

-the influence of the Exposome on human health;

-the epidemiology of human fecundity;

-methodological aspects of environmental epidemiology, dealing in particular with study design, exposure assessment and confounding bias.