Dominique Darmaun MD, PhD

Dominique Darmaun is a pediatrician nutritionist, university professor and hospital practitioner at the University Hospital of Nantes and director of the Nutritional Adaptation Physiology unit that he created in 2006. Internal of the Paris Hospitals, Dominique Darmaun worked alongside Professor Lestradet (precursor in diabetic treatment) on diabetes and nutrition in children.

Dominique Darmaun was asked by INRA in 2006 to create the PHAN unit located at the University Hospital of Nantes since 2008. The unit, which brings together more than 40 people, seeks to determine if the nutrients received at the beginning of life produce long term on 2 key organs involved in nutrition (the colon and the hypotalamus) and understand the mechanisms. The PhAN laboratory is part of the 5 research units in nutrition of the CRNH (Human Nutrition Research Center) and works closely with the neonatology department of Nantes University Hospital, led by Professor Jean-Christophe Rozé. Dominique is a member of the Axis 2 Scientific Committee for her key expertise in child nutrition.