Alexis Descatha is Professor of Occupational health at Angers University hospital. He is a member of the Team Epidemiology in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ESTER), the tenth team of the Research Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health (IRSET). Until 2019, he was the head of the Occupational Health Unit at the Western Suburbs of Paris University hospital (Poincaré site). His research areas focus on musculoskeletal disorders and workplace emergency. He is editor in chief of les Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l'environnement.
In FairHealth, Alexis Descatha is scientific coordinator, he is working on building and following cohort 2.
Employment
◦ 2019-present: Professor of Occupational health - Angers University hospital
◦ 2013-2019: Professor of Occupational health - Versailles and St Quentin University and AP-HP - Garches
- Occupational physician
- Head of the Occupational Health Unit
◦ 2008-2013: Associate professor of Occupational health - Western Suburbs of Paris University hospital, Poincaré site
◦ 2004-2008: University Hospital Assistant (AHU) - Western Suburbs of Paris University hospital, Poincaré site
Education
◦ 2010: HDR (Ph.D. supervision) Epidemiology and Occupational health - Versailles and St Quentin University
◦ 2007: Ph.D. in Public Health - Paris XI
◦ 2006: Graduate in Emergency medicine
◦ 2004: Speciality: Occupational health - Paris
Research Fields
Epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders in working population
Publications
See all of his publications here
Grants and Awards
◦ 2016-2019: Iresp (public health grant) Physical capacity and ardous work. (Capaci-T, 60kE)
◦ 2012-2015: Anses Reaserch Project: MSD: development of new models (TEMIS, 60kE)
◦ 2011-2013: Dim SEnT, Ph.D. grand. MSD and socio-occupational trajectories (115kE)
◦ 2002: Bronze medal for MD thesis
Professional activities
◦ Grant / research / papers evaluation
- Member of the evaluation committee for INRS and Scientific Committee of Public Health Fondation of MGEN and
- Editor in chief of les Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l’environnement since 2013 (Elsevier Masson)
- Member of Board for Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation since 2008
- Chairman of scientific committee “emergency preparedness and response” in International Commission of Occupational Health and member of scientific committee of MSD
