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Constances Scientific Day 2026

Published on 3 April 2026
Modified on 3 April 2026

The 9th Scientific Day of the Constances and Gazel cohorts will take place on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the Cordeliers Campus in Paris.
To attend in person or remotely, simply fill out the registration form: https://www.constances.fr/actualites/journee-inscription/

Programme

9:15–9:30 / OPENING

  • Catherine Grenier, National Medical Advisor at the French National Health Insurance Fund
  • Matthieu Resche-Rigon, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Université Paris Cité

9:30–11:00 / INFRASTRUCTURE

  • 9:30: Update on the Constances and Gazel cohorts, Marie Zins and Antoine Duclos (UMS11 and CRESS-UMR1153)
  • 10:00: Data validity: contribution of multiple sources for identifying and studying incident cancers, Sofiane Kab (UMS11)
  • 10:20: Focus on secure computing environments for Constances data, Kamel Gadouche (CASD)
  • 10:40: SNDS platform, environment and Data App, Constances team (UMS11)

11:30–12:30 / BIOBANK

  • 11:30: Contribution of genetics to personalized medicine: the impact of the BioCF project, Jean-François Deleuze (CEPH)
  • 11:50: Pharmacogenomics in France: contributions of the Constances cohort and the POPGEN project to assess its challenges, Marc Gros La Faige (Inserm U1078)
  • 12:10: Reference values of blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases based on the Constances cohort, Sylvain Lehmann (Montpellier University Hospital and University of Montpellier)

14:00–15:00 / WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • 14:00: Soignances: from the exposome to a job-exposure matrix for healthcare professionals, Alexis Descatha (Angers University Hospital and IRSET)
  • 14:20: Exposure to atypical and shift work schedules over the career: a national comparison between healthcare workers and other occupations in the Constances cohort, Hanifa Bouziri (UMS11)
  • 14:40: ESTER: a project focused on education and research professionals in Constances. Main results and teachers’ noise exposure, Marie-Noël Vercambre-Jacquot and Sofia Temam (MGEN Foundation)

15:00–16:00 / RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT

  • 15:00: Lifetime exposure to radioactivity: first results from the CORALE project, Olivier Laurent (ASNR)
  • 15:20: Housing vulnerability to heat: innovative data linked to Constances, Emeline Lequy-Flahault (UMS11)
  • 15:40: Do green spaces impact the health of Constances participants? Bénédicte Jacquemin (IRSET)

16:00 / DISCUSSION
A message from the Constances Volunteers Association, Frédérique Anne, President of the association

16:15 / CLOSING

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