Management committee
The senior management team implements the policy developed by Paris Brain Institute’s Board of Directors. The Executive Director, appointed by the Board of Directors, leads the five-member management committee.
- Pr Stéphanie Debette - Executive Director of Paris Brain Institute (the Paris Brain Institute Foundation and Joint Research Unit)
- Brian Lau - Deputy Scientific Director responsible for Core Facilities and Deputy Director of the Joint Research Unit
- Claire Wyart - Deputy Scientific Director responsible for Fundamental and Translational Science
- Pr Jean-Christophe Corvol - Deputy Scientific Director responsible for Clinical Research
- Olivier Colliot - Deputy Scientific Director responsible for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
- Géraldine Farjot - Innovation Director
- Corinne Fortin - Secretary General of Paris Brain Institute and the Joint Research Unit
- Jean-Louis Da Costa - Communications and Development Director
Moreover, The Support Function Management Committee (CODIS) also leads institutional and interdisciplinary projects and has the following members:
- Corinne Fortin – Secretary General
- Pierre Couraud – Deputy Secretary General
- Jean-Louis Da Costa, Communication and Development Director
- Géraldine Farjot, Innovation Director
- Pierre Georges-François, RIHP Unit Manager
- Mathilde Gibert, Legal Affairs Director
- Géraldine Gouzer, Scientific Programming Director
- Sylvain Gugliermina, Procurement, Equipment and Logistics Director
- Laurine Lenoir, Organization, Quality & Risk Management Department Director
- Frédérique Lesaulnier, Data Protection Officer
- Cécile Proust, Human Resources Director
- Antoine Souquière, Information Systems Director
- Olivier Stephan, Director of International Alliances and Competitive Funding
- Marc Thévenot, CFO
CODIR Committees
Scientific and medical steering commitee (COPIL)
The Scientific and Medical Steering Committee (Copil) is a consultative body on all matters related to the Institute’s scientific and medical strategy. It provides opinions to the Management Committee (CODIR). Additionally, it has decisionmaking authority on funding allocations for internal calls for proposals. It brings together five researchers representing the Institute’s scientific fields.
- Stéphanie Baulac, Head of cellular and molecular neurobiology
- Céline Louapre, Head of Clinical and translational neuroscience
- Liane Schmidt, Head of cognitive neuroscience
- Jacobo Sitt, Head of computational modeling in neuroscience
- Claire Wyart, Head of integrative neurophysiology
Teams council
The Teams Council, comprising the senior management team and all team leaders, meets once a month. It is consulted on scientific policy, budgetary matters, and resources to be allocated for the UMR.
Gender equity committee
The Gender Equity Committee (GEC) performs an advisory and monitoring role for Paris Brain Institute’s governing bodies, and takes action to promote gender equity. The work of the GEC is supported by the Gender Equity Movement (GEM) initiative, a collective of Paris Brain Institute staff who have come together to raise awareness of gender bias and inequities and propose measures to address them. Following the adoption of the Institute’s gender equality charter in 2021, the GEC developed an action plan and continued its work on awareness raising, monitoring statistics and indicators measuring gender distribution at all professional levels, together with communication campaigns and initiatives. Paris Brain Institute’s workplace gender equality index has progressed in recent years, achieving 75 in 2020, 91 in 2021, 89 in 2022, 90 in 2023 and 99 in 2025, out of a maximum score of 100. The GEM has been organized into working groups for planning a biennial international workshop and developing a website, journal club, scientist mentoring program and broader educational activities.
