Governance and organization

The National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) has research facilities throughout France. These report to Regional Offices and scientific divisions. National governance is by the Directorate General and the various bodies of Inserm, supported by the committees and cross-functional departments.

Directorate General

The Inserm Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is appointed by decree of the Council of Ministers, on the joint proposal of the Minister of Research and the Minister of Health, for a four-year period which may be renewed once. Missions of the Inserm Chair on Légifrance (only available in French)

Contact: qverpgvba@vafrez.se

Role	Name
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	Didier Samuel
Vice-CEO for Strategy	Thomas Lombès
Vice-CEO for Administration	Damien Rousset
Executive Director	Carine Delrieu
Chief of Staff	Fatima Melhoub
Advisor to the Directorate General	Frédéric Dardel
Defense Security Official	Jean-Claude Sarron
Data Protection Officer	Frédérique Lesaulnier

Instances and Committees

Inserm senior management is advised by various instances and committees, including the Scientific Advisory Board, the Specialized Scientific Committees, the Ethics Committee, and the Office for Research Integrity. 

Instance	Manager
Management Board	see the members
Scientific Advisory Board	see the members
Specialized Scientific Committees	see the members
Research Support Committee	see the members

Committee	Manager
Professional Ethics Board	Philippe Amiel
Inserm Ethics Committee	Hervé Chneiweiss
Ethics Evaluation Committee / IRB	Christine Dosquet
History Committee	Pascal Griset
Office for Research Integrity	Ghislaine Filliatreau
Think Tank Network with Patient Organizations (GRAM)	Catherine Barthélémy

Theme-Based Institutes

Inserm has nine Theme-Based Institutes that coordinate and organize research centered around major scientific fields. They take stock of the current state of affairs of each theme, contribute to facilitating the scientific community, and define strategies and major objectives. See their missions on Légifrance (only available in French)

Theme-Based Institute	Manager
Molecular and Structural Basis of Living Organisms	Carine Giovannangeli
Cell Biology, Development and Evolution	Thierry Galli
Cancer	Bruno Quesnel
Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics	Emmanuelle Génin
Immunology, Inflammation, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology	Yazdan Yazdanpanah
Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology and Psychiatry	Étienne Hirsch
Pathophysiology, Metabolism, Nutrition	Chantal Boulanger
Public Health	Rémy Slama
Health Technologies	Franck Lethimonnier

Regional Offices

The Regional Offices enable Inserm to be as close as possible to its laboratories. These 12 offices are located in nine cities across mainland France. None of the laboratories report to headquarters.

Regional Office	City	Manager
Auvergne Rhône Alpes	Lyon	Dominique Pella
Est	Strasbourg	Éric Simon
Grand Ouest	Nantes	Frédéric Delaleu
Nord Ouest	Lille	Samir Ould Ali
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bordeaux	Richard Salives
Occitanie Méditerranée	Montpellier	Jacques Cavaillé
Occitanie Pyrénées	Toulouse	Jacques Cavaillé
Paris-IDF Centre-Est (ex. Paris 6–12)	Paris	Camille Chaudonneret
Paris-IDF Centre-Nord (ex. Paris 5 et 7)	Paris	François Chambelin
Paris-IDF Sud (ex. Paris 11)	Paris	Laurence Parmantier
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Corsica	Marseille	Dominique Nobile
Inserm headquarters	Paris	Nicolas Pesnel

Cross-functional departments

Located at Inserm headquarters, these departments define the key policies concerning the various Regional Offices.

Department	Manager
Financial Affairs	Laurianne Cruzol
Legal Affairs	Jean-Christophe Hébert
Program Assessment and Follow-up	Armelle Regnault
Scientific Information and Communication	Carine Delrieu
National and Foreign Affairs	Elli Chatzopoulou
Human Resources	Sylvain Bourgoin
Information Systems	Sammy Sahnoune

The Accounting Department, which is independent of the General Directorate, is headed by Marie-Laure Griselle.