Cecile Delcourt PhD

Dr. Cecile Delcourt is an epidemiologist and senior researcher at Inserm Center U1219, where she leads the LEHA team. She is internationally renowned for her work on the epidemiology of eye diseases (esp. age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and glaucoma), especially in relation to risk factors such as smoking, light exposure, and nutrition. She manages the POLA and Alienor studies and heads the European Eye Epidemiology consortium.

Cecile Delcourt, PhD, born in 1968, is senior researcher (directrice de recherche) at Inserm Center U1219, and director of the LEHA (Lifelong Exposures, Health and Aging) team. She has strong expertise in the epidemiology of eye diseases (in particular AMD, cataract, and glaucoma). She is internationally renowned in the identification of risk factors for major eye diseases (in particular smoking, light exposure, and nutrition). She has been leading 2 major population-based epidemiological studies in the field, since 1995 (POLA and Alienor studies). Since 2011, she heads the “European Eye Epidemiology” consortium, gathering 32 teams from 12 European countries. She is a co-author of over 140 articles (H-Index WOS: 30). She was consulted as an expert by the European Commission, the French Health Authority, INRA, the Welcome Trust, the Lebanese CNRS, and the British Council Preventing Blindness.