Véronique Trillet-Lenoir

Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (born 12 June 1957) is a French oncologist and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3] Since joining the Parliament, Trillet-Lenoir has been a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Véronique Trillet-Lenoir

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1957-06-12) 12 June 1957
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Children2
Alma materClaude Bernard University Lyon 1

Early life and education

Trillet-Lenoir studied at the Faculty of Medicine of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1. She completed her medical studies in 1980, obtained a state doctorate in medicine in 1985, and a doctorate in human biology in 1991.

Career

Trillet-Lenoir received an authorization to conduct research and a professorship in 1993.[4] After having obtained her PhD in medicine and following her medical internship, she worked with clinical scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. During that time, she took part in the development of predictive tests to ascertain the sensitivity of cancers to chemotherapy

In 1993, Trillet-Lenoir was appointed professor at the University of Lyon-I and hospital practitioner at the University Hospital Centre of Lyon, where she created in 2003 the oncology department.

From 2013, Trillet-Lenoir served as president of the board of directors of the Cancéropôle Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (CLARA), a research cluster dedicated to cancer. She was also a member of the board of directors of the National Cancer Institute.[5]

Trillet-Lenoir became an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai in 2018. She had already been visiting the university since 2011, having contributed to the establishment of the first Master's degree program in oncology.[6]

Political career

Trillet-Lenoir became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2020, she joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.[7] She is also her parliamentary group's rapporteur on measures against cancer.[8]

In addition to her committee assignments, Trillet-Lenoir has been co-chairing the MEPs Against Cancer group.[9]

Recognition

References
  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. "Qui est Véronique Trillet Lenoir ?".
  5. "Conseil d'administration de l'Institut national du cancer".
  6. "Signature d'une convention en cancérologie, entre les universités de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et la faculté de médecine de l'université Jiao Tong de Shanghaï".
  7. Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  8. Carlo Martuscelli (February 3, 2021), Commission (finally) releases Europe’s Beating Cancer plan Politico Europe.
  9. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  10. "Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur".
  11. "Recueil des actes administratifs 2015" (PDF).


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