Barbara Decelle

Health Research Advisor

For 10 years, Barbara Decelle has conducted research projects at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancerology (IRIC). While working on cellular mechanisms involved in controlling cell shape, she fell in love with data science. Her interest and curiosity for this field led her to develop skills in the discipline and share her passion with her community. She joined IVADO as a health research advisor, working to bring together health research and data science experts to foster the emergence of innovative projects stemming from collaboration between these fascinating fields of research.

In order to support progress in digital health and to put people at the center of these transformations, she is developing her initiatives along 3 strategic avenues:

• Promoting ethical research and innovations;
• Promote access to health data for therapeutic purposes and for a learning health system;
• Developing the talent pool in digital health.