Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Professor at the University Paris Cité
Retina Specialist at the Cochin Hospital, Paris – Public Assistance for Paris Hospitals
Director of the research team Physiopathology of Ocular Diseases: Therapeutic Innovations, Inserm UMR1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Eyevensys, SAS, FRANCE
Co-Founder of EarlySight, SWITZERLAND
Biographie/Biography
I am full professor in ophthalmology at Université de Paris and a medical and surgical retina specialist, at Cochin hospital AP-HP in Paris since 2006. I have been medical and scientific director of the Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland from 2013 to 2017, where I have built a research translational program. I am as well the director of the ‘Physiopathology of ocular diseases: Therapeutic innovations’ team at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research at the Cordeliers Campus in Paris. I head this group of researchers since 2001, dedicated to the study of mechanisms of eye diseases and development of therapeutic innovations. I am the founder of Eyevensys for which I serve as Chief Innovation Officer. I have founded other start-up companies to valorize research from my academic lab (Eyegate Pharma, EarlySight). In addition to my medical degree, I obtained a diploma of advanced studies in cell biology, a diploma of specialized studies in ophthalmology, and a PhD in biology at the Paris Descartes University. I also have accreditation to conduct clinical research in France and in Switzerland.
Since more than 12 years, I serve as expert for the National French Agency for Sanitary Security, food, environment and work (ANSES) and since 2020, I have been promoted as a member of the scientific council of ANSES.
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