Dominique P. Germain MD, PhD

Professor Germain graduated in medicine, from the University of Nancy I, France, and went on to specialize in dermatology at the University of Nancy where he received his doctorate in medicine (MD). He then completed a doctorate in human genetics (PhD) at the University Paris VII (Denis Diderot) France, which he obtained in 1999. He obtained his Habilitation (Habilitation a Diriger les Recherches, HDR) in 2005 from the University Paris V (Rene Descartes).

Professor Germain was a lecturer in medical genetics at the University of Paris V from 1996 to 1998 and at the University of Paris VI from 1999 to 2001. He has been appointed Professor at the University of Versailles – St Quentin (UVSQ), France, in 2007. From 1998 to 2000, he was a consultant in the Department of Genetics, at Broussais Hospital, Paris. In 2000, he moved to the Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, where he was Head of the Division of Clinical Genetics.