Pr. Marie-Christophe Boissier

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Pr. Marie-Christophe Boissier

 Hospitalo-universitaire

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1. Titles

  • Full University Professor in rheumatology (1994)
  • PhD (Doctorat d’Etat), Human Biology and Immunology, summa cum laude (Paris 7 University, 1990).
  • Resident in the Paris Teaching Hospital system (gold medal, first prize, 1985) and university clinical fellow (1987)
  • Medical Doctor (Paris 6, 1985)

2. Professional duties

  • Chief of the Rheumatology Department at the Avicenne Teaching Hospital (AP-HP)
  • In charge of the rheumatology and immunology curriculum at the Paris 13 University
  • President-elect of the Scientific Comitee of Arthritis-Fondation Courtin

3. Scientific societies

  • Member of the Society for Biology (“Société de Biologie”)
  • Member of the French Societies for Rheumatology, Immunology, and Gene Therapy; of the American College of Rheumatology, and of the European Society for Gene Therapy
  • President-elect of the Scientific Comitee of ARTHRITIS-Courtin Foundation

Editor in Chief of Joint Bone Spine and La Revue du Rhumatisme (publisher: Elsevier)

4. Research focuses 

Rheumatoid arthritis.
Inflammatory or destructive rheumatic diseases. 
Preclinical, translational and clinical studies. 
Cytokines and inflammation. 
Experimental arthritis.
Antiinflammatory targeted treatments and biotherapies. 
Development of new concepts in biotherapies.