Who We Are:

Dr. Christophe Tzourio, M.D. Ph.D.

Professor of Epidemiology

University of Bordeaux - Bordeaux, France

Education

  • M.D., Neurology: University of Paris XI (1991)
  • Ph.D., Epidemiology: University of Paris XI (1992)

    • Publications

  • For a complete list of Christophe Tzourio's publications, please visit PubMed.

    • Research

    Christophe Tzourio, MD, PhD, has been trained in clinical neurology and epidemiology. He served as chief resident of Neurology at Lariboisière Hospital. He joined INSERM in 1994 as Senior Researcher, was promoted to Director of Research in 2000 and to First Class Director of Research in 2007. He is currently Professor of epidemiology at the University of Bordeaux. In 2005, he became director of a new INSERM Research Unit U708, which includes thirty people, including five full-time researchers. This unit has been given the highest possible performance grade (A+) by the Agency for the Evaluation of Research in 2008. Since its inception, the unit has recruited three Directors of Research and is the host unit for two prestigious Chairs of Excellence awarded by the ANR. This unit has recently moved to Bordeaux.

    Dr. Tzourio is expert in the design, management, and scientific reporting of large population-based cohort studies. He is strongly involved in two population-based cohorts: the EVA Study in Nantes (1,380 participants, 6-year follow-up) and the 3 City (3C) study (9,293 participants, 12-year follow-up). He is the Co-PI of the entire 3C study and the PI of the Dijon center. He is the PI of the ALBA trial on the prevention of silent cerebral infarcts and white matter lesions through lowering of blood pressure. He has a specific interest in the risk factors of vascular cognitive decline and in genetic epidemiology using GWAS. Dr. Debette, a talented young investigator in this field, recently joined his lab.