With a background in biostatistics, I joined Inserm in 2001. Holder of a PhD and a French Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR), I conduct research on environmental risk factors for childhood cancers within the OPPaLE team (Obstetric, Perinatal, Paediatric Life course Epidemiology) at the Research Center in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS, UMR 1153). I am co-responsible of the research axis dedicated to childhood and adolescent cancers in OPPaLE and I contribute to the team's leadership as Deputy Co-Director.
My research is based on the GEOCAP programme ('Geolocalisation des cancers pédiatriques'), of which I am the Principal Investigator. Linked to the French National Registry of Childhood Cancers (RNCE), GEOCAP main objective is to study the influence of environmental exposures on the risk of childhood cancers in France, using geocoded data and a Geographic Information System. GEOCAP research focus particularly on exposures to pesticides near agricultural areas, air pollution, PFAS, ionising radiation (European RadoNorm project) and non-ionising radiation, and magnetic fields near high-voltage power lines.
Since my PhD, I have also developed expertise in the field of surveillance of childhood cancers in France (spatial and temporal variations in incidence, cluster investigations, surveillance of at-risk populations).
Research interests
- Environmental risk factors of childhood cancer
- Socio-economic determinants of exposures
- Geographic information system
- Incidence and survival of childhood cancer
- Spatial and temporal variations in childhood cancer incidence rates
- Cluster investigation
Key publications
- Mancini M, Hémon D, de Crouy-Chanel P, Guldner L, Faure L, Clavel J, Goujon S. Association between residential proximity to viticultural areas and childhood acute leukemia risk in mainland France – GEOCAP case-control study, 2002-2013 Environ Health Perspect 2023. In press. doi: 10.1289/EHP12634
- Berlivet J, Hémon D, Cléro É, Ielsch G, Laurier D, Guissou S, Lacour B, Clavel J, Goujon S. Ecological association between residential natural background radiation exposure and the incidence rate of childhood central nervous system tumors in France, 2000-2012. J Environ Radioact. 2020 Jan;211:106071. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106071. Epub 2019 Oct 7. PMID: 31600676.
View publication - Goujon S, Kyrimi E, Faure L, Guissou S, Hémon D, Lacour B, Clavel J. Spatial and temporal variations of childhood cancers: Literature review and contribution of the French national registry. Cancer Med. 2018 Oct;7(10):5299-5314. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1774. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30230715; PMCID: PMC6198217.
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