Review of the meeting with our industrial partners

On July 2nd, the One Health Emerging Infectious Diseases (1H-EID) Graduate School had the pleasure of bringing together its academic and industrial partners in the beautiful Senate Hall of Université Paris Cité for a friendly breakfast meeting.

This event, dedicated to dialogue and co-construction, aimed to present the progress of the project and to strengthen synergies between the academic world and the private sector. Among the participants were companies involved in diagnostics, prevention, and therapeutics of infectious diseases, as well as many others: AstraZeneca, Dassault Systèmes, Pfizer, Ceva Santé Animale, Cerba, Veolia, BD, and Ecolab.

A rich and diverse program

The morning opened with a presentation of the project and its strategic priorities by Prof. Solen Kernéis and Prof. Isabelle Martin-Verstraete, coordinators of the Graduate School.

The program continued with a session entitled ‘My Thesis in Five Minutes’, presented by five PhD candidates from the Graduate School: Paul Irtelli, Camille Coustaury, Fanette Séité, Jose Pablo Marín Obando, and Louis Meuret. In just a few minutes, each of them successfully took on the challenge of making their research accessible to a diverse audience. This session left a strong impression on the participants, who praised the clarity, creativity, and relevance of the presentations, as well as the quality and highly interdisciplinary nature of the research projects.

The highlight of the meeting was the round table ‘Emerging Infectious Diseases: Training Public and Private Stakeholders’, which brought together four speakers from the academic, hospital, industrial, and technological sectors. We had the pleasure of welcoming Solen Kernéis, Professor of Infectious Diseases at AP-HP Bichat Hospital, Liem Binh Luong, Associate Professor and Infectious Disease Specialist at CIC Cochin Pasteur, Cécile Artaud, Director of Medical Affairs at AstraZeneca, and Valeria Nuzzo, Innovation Manager at Dassault Systèmes.

The discussions highlighted the importance of interdisciplinarity and cross-sector collaboration in the training of future generations who will be called upon to respond to health crises. There was strong consensus that preparing for and implementing an effective response to the next pandemic cannot be done in silos but requires collaborative work between the public and private sectors and that this model must be reflected in the training of researchers, physicians, and decision-makers right from the start of their education.

A moment of networking and exchange

The morning concluded with a convivial time of networking among participants, fostering new discussions and perspectives for collaboration.

A big thank you

The Graduate School 1H-EID warmly thanks all speakers, doctoral students, and partners present for their commitment and contribution to the success of this event. Special thanks go to the Université Paris Cité Foundation, which supported the Graduate School in co-organizing this event.

You were unable to attend this meeting? You can watch the replay of the event online!

Time code :

• Presentation of the coordinators of the Graduate School : 0mn à 35mn
• PhD’s presentations : 35mn à 1h02
• Round table : 1h02 until the end of the video