Research Chair positions

The Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary research in Science and Health aims to strengthen its commitment to research and innovation by opening five 3-year Junior Chairs and one 4-year Senior Chair.

Chairs applications

Junior Chairs

As part of the FIRE-UP project (ExcellenceS call for projects), the Institute for Women and Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Health of Université Paris Cité is launching a call for applications to support, for three years, young researchers wishing to create and lead a group within a team affiliated to the institute. With a budget of €360,000 over three years, this support can cover salaries, allowances and equipment. The aim is to strengthen research capabilities, promote mobility, attract new talent and develop innovative themes. The program is open to all PhD holders who have been working in France or abroad for more than two years.

Through these chairs, the institute seeks to advance knowledge in the following areas:

  • Social inequalities in maternal health,
  • Stem cells in reproduction,
  • Physical activity, sport and women’s health
  • Women’s cardiovascular health: innovative approaches in pathophysiology, diagnosis and prevention
Chair 1: Social inequalities in maternal health (applications closed)

Social inequalities in maternal health

The aim of this research chair is to analyze social inequalities in maternal health, to understand the mechanisms that reproduce them, and to evaluate public policies and actions by healthcare systems and civil society aimed at reducing them.

This chair is run by Jade Merrer within UMRS 1123 ECEVE. Her project called ISSMael (Social and Territorial Inequalities in Maternal Mental Health) is dedicated to the study of social and territorial inequalities in maternal mental health, with a particular focus on postpartum depression.

Calendar: December 2024 – December 2027

Chair 2: Stem cells and reproduction (applications closed)

Stem cells and reproduction

Université Paris Cité aims to strengthen its research into the contribution of stem cells to human reproduction, from conception to birth. Human pluripotent stem cells, whether embryonic or trophoblastic, and the organoids derived from them, offer innovative prospects for understanding the mechanisms of embryonic implantation, early maternal-fetal interactions and placental pathologies.

Headed by Edouard Lecarpentier, a researcher at the Institut Cochin UMR 1016, the chair is developing innovative approaches to better understand pregnancy, based on stem cell models, the study of early mechanisms of trophoblast development, pre-eclampsia and the development of targeted therapies.

Calendar : janvier 2025 – 2028

Chair 3: Physical activity, sport and women’s health (applications closed)

Physical activity, sport and women’s health

The Chair aims to study the impact of physical activity on women’s health at different stages of their lives, understand how it can prevent or alleviate specific disorders such as cardiovascular disease, cancers, menstrual disorders and menopausal symptoms, and identify actions to improve women’s health and quality of life through physical activity.

Chair 4: Women’s cardiovascular health: innovative approaches in pathophysiology, diagnosis and prevention (ongoing applications)

Women’s cardiovascular health: innovative approaches in pathophysiology, diagnosis and prevention

Women’s cardiovascular health has long been underestimated and neglected in both clinical practice and health research, despite cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death in women. This chair is part of the main area “Specificity of women in chronic conditions”. It will allow for the development of cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary research, in order to progress in the integration of these specificities from fundamental research to the care pathway. If the subject is suitable, it can also be integrated into the Institute’s cross-disciplinary axes, or build bridges with other thematic areas.

Senior Chairs

A senior research chair dedicated to “environmental impacts on women’s health” will be set up for a five-year period to explore and better understand the interactions between the environment and women’s health.

 

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