GRILLOT Renée

Since the 1980s, Renée GRILLOT's research was focused on ‘invasive opportunistic fungal infections’ (pathophysiology, immunology, biological diagnosis) linked to immunosuppression and caused by environmental micromycetes or endogenous yeasts. This work was conducted until 2002 in renowned laboratories: UPRES-A CNRS ‘Host-Pathogen Relations’ and then EA-UJF ‘Parasite-Host Cellular Interactions’. The experience acquired over 30 years has resulted in the management of a European contract (Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: 1997-2000), around a hundred publications and book chapters, and the writing of a book entitled ‘Mycoses humaines: démarche diagnostique’ (Human mycoses: diagnostic approach), Elsevier-France, 1995, 400p). Renée GRILLOT was selected as one of twelve portraits in ‘Femmes de Sciences’ (Women in Science) by Joseph Fourier University (now Université Grenoble Alpes) in Grenoble (2000). At the end of her career, Renée GRILLOT devoted herself mainly to expert activities at the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (evaluation of National Reference Centres), academic activities, including the management of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Grenoble (2007-2011), and coordinating the creation of the ‘Pharmacy’ course at the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar) in partnership with the University of Grenoble Alpes and the Mérieux and Pierre Fabre Foundations (2005-2022). Renée GRILLOT has been a member of the National Academy of Pharmacy since 2001 and was a member of the editorial committee of the "Encyclopédie de l'Environnement" (Encyclopedia of the Environment), co-chair for the HEALTH section until 2025.