Catherine Metayer, laureate of the Choose France for Science program, is participating in a roundtable at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Catherine Metayer, a physician-epidemiologist, obtained an international Chair from Inserm to launch a new program imPACT – Childhood Cancers: Partnership for Research on the Exposome and Genome of Childhood Cancers, within the research area on epidemiology of childhood and adolescent cancer) in the OPPaLE team. Dr. Metayer is also one of the 50 laureates of Choose France for Science, a national competitive program to recruit talent in various scientific disciplines (see link) and which co-finances imPACT – Childhood Cancers. During a roundtable on the attractiveness of France and the internationalization of French research organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Dr. Metayer shared her experience on the conditions for hosting foreign scientists in the United States over recent decades and the recently transformed landscape of American research, which contrasts with the new opportunities for conducting innovative epidemiological studies on childhood cancers in France. The exchanges between the different participants in the audience—Minister Philippe Baptiste, researchers, coordinators of funding agencies, and journalists—highlighted the importance of respecting intellectual and scientific freedoms and encouraging risk-taking to promote innovation.
- Choose France for science | enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
- Table ronde ouverte sur l’attractivité de la France et l’internationalisation de la Recherche française | enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
Par Catherine Metayer
