- http://www.sf-dohad.fr/
- +33 (0) 1 45 59 50 58 (Secretariat MA Charles)
- sf-DOHaD (at) jouy.inra.fr
The French speaking DOHAD Association
The French speaking DOHAD association (SF-Dohad : www.sfdohad.fr) was created in January 2012 by a group of French clinicians and researchers.
It aims to promote research, teaching, education and communication to meet the scientific, medical and societal issues raised by new knowledge related to developmental origins of health and disease in francophone countries.
Its main achievements have been so far the organisation of two French speaking scientific meetings in France (Paris 11/8/12 ; Nantes 11/6/2014; all abstracts published in JDOHAD supplements), the redaction of special issues on DOHAD in a French speaking journal well renown among French scientists, in a journal for Public Health stakeholders, the organisation of Dohad symposia in a French speaking meeting (Epidemiology and public health). It has been involved in the discussion of new DOHAD societies in Algeria and Brazil.
It has currently 46 affiliated members from mainly France but also Switzterland.. President: Pr U Simeoni, vice-president: Pr L Storme, Secretary: Dr MA Charles, Treasurer: Dr L Abdennebi-Najar “
Executive Members
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pr U Simeoni | President |
| Pr L Storme | Vice-president |
| Dr MA Charles | Secretary |
| Dr L Abdennebi-Najar | Treasurer |
News Items
Next meeting in 2016
The society main achievements so far have been the organisation of two French speaking scientific meetings in France (Paris 2012/11/; Nantes 2014/11/6; all abstracts published in JDOHAD supplements), the redaction of special issues on DOHAD in “Medecine/Sciences”, a French journal well renown among French scientists (published soon), in a journal for Public Health stakeholders, the organisation of Dohad symposia in a French speaking meeting (Epidemiology and public health), the delivery of a research subvention for a project on the adherence of nutritional recommendations of French pregnant women. The next meeting of the society will be held in 2016.
References in French:
- Charles, M.-A. (2013). [Developmental origins of adult health and disease: an important concept for social inequalities in health]. Revue d’épidémiologie et de santé publique, 61 Suppl 3, S133–138.