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 Alexis Brice, Executive Director of Paris Brain Institute and the Joint Research Unit (UMR)
- Corinne Fortin, Secretary General of Paris Brain Institute and the Joint Research Unit (UMR)
- Brian Lau, Scientific Director and Deputy Director of the Joint Research Unit (UMR)
- Jean-Louis Da Costa, Director of Communications and Development
- Pr Jean-Christophe Corvol, Medical Director (acting)
Moreover, The Support Function Management Committee (CODIS) also leads institutional and interdisciplinary projects and has the following members:
- Alexis Brice – Executive Director
- Corinne Fortin – Secretary General
- Pierre Couraud – Deputy Secretary General
- Jean-Louis Da Costa – Director of Communications and Development
- Géraldine Farjot – Director of Innovation
- Pierre Georges-François – RIPH Unit Manager
- Mathilde Gibert – Director of Legal Affairs
- Géraldine Gouzer – Director of Scientific and Medical Affairs
- Sylvain Gugliermina – Director of the Procurement, Equipment and Logistics Department
- Laurine Lenoir – Director of the Organization and Quality & Risk Management Division
- Frédérique Lesaulnier – Data Protection Officer
- Cécile Proust – Director of Human Resources
- Antoine Souquière – Director of Information Systems
- 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 and 90 in 2023, 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.
