Directrice de recherche - Inserm
Dr Marie-Claude JAURAND is currently Director of Research at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM).
She received a Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1981, at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI).
Dr Jaurand formerly worked on the physico-chemical properties of asbestos fibres. She further developed alternative methods to animal experiments, especially using mesothelial cells, in order to investigate the mechanisms of action of asbestos on pleural cells. Her research mainly focused on genotoxicity. Later she moved to develop researches on the biology of human mesothelioma.
She organised the First International Mesothelioma Conference where the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG) was founded.
From 1999-2002, she was the head of the E9909 INSERM team “Oncogenesis of Respiratory and Urogenital Tumours”, at the Paris XII University.
Dr Jaurand has written numerous book chapters, edited books and published over 200 research contributions.
She organised several International Conferences on the In vitro effects of dusts.
She participated to and is curently involved in several advisory panels on health effects of fibres and airborne particles.
She also was a member of different scientific committees at INSERM and University and cancer associations.
Dr Jaurand received the Paul Gabay arward (Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Comité du Val d'Oise) in 1998 for her contribution to the study of occupational cancers and the Inaugural Medal Chris Wagner, 2002, for her contribution to the research on mesothelioma.
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