Sandrine GULBERTI will defend her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Gallé Room (President’s Office—Brabois, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy).

The title of his dissertation defense is "Modulating the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans: a new therapeutic approach for rare genetic diseases".

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Daniel GRANDMOUGIN will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Thursday, September 10, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m., in Conference Room No. 9 of the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his defense is "Multipurpose Cardiac Biomechanics Platform and RDE (Research–Development–Education) Teaching Facility".

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Yacoubou Abdou-Moutawakirou OMOROU will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Thursday, July 9, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the Collin Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his dissertation defense is "Health-Related Behaviors in Health Promotion: Observational and Interventional Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Social Inequalities in Health".

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Stéphanie BOINI will defend her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Friday, June 26, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the conference room of the Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (INRS) in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his dissertation defense is "To characterize the effects of psychosocial and organizational factors in the workplace and demonstrate the benefits of preventing them for workers’ health and safety, with a view to implementing primary prevention measures ".

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Simon TOUPANCE will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the Lepois Auditorium at the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his dissertation defense is "Telomere Length Dynamics and Aging Trajectories".

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Guillaume BAUDRY will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, starting at 12:30 p.m., in the Collin Auditorium at the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his dissertation is "Heart Failure: Clinical, Pathophysiological, and Population-Based Approaches to Improving Prognosis".

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Almut-Katrin HEINKEN will defend her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Friday, March 27, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in Lecture Hall 250 of the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The title of his dissertation is "A systemic analysis of the interactions between diet, the epigenome, and the microbiome in rare and common metabolic diseases across the lifespan".

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Arnaud FLORENTIN will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Thursday, February 12, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., in Thesis Room No. 3 of the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Professions, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

His thesis is entitled "Health monitoring systems and health intervention strategies: towards a coordinated approach".

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Jean-Marc SELLAL will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., at the Presidency of the University of Lorraine – Brabois, Salle Daum, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

His thesis is entitled “The use of electroimaging in the characterization and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.”

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Mathieu KUCHENBUCH will defend his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) on Monday, December 15, 2025, starting at 4:00 p.m., at the C.H.R.U. de Nancy Brabois IRIS Research Building, Auditorium Room, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

His thesis is entitled "Rare epilepsies: experiences, biomarkers, and mechanisms" .

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