Estelle Vallier is a sociologist at the Gustave Roussy Institute and the SHS department of the Léon Bérard Center. She is interested in science-industry relations, particularly in the context of innovation policies. Her PhD thesis focused on the dynamics of cooperation between academic laboratories and biotechnology start-ups in the Genopole cluster. She is currently working on the industrialization of clinical research in oncology and, more broadly, on the organization of hospital work in a context of innovation and care (early phase clinical trials and genomic medicine). She is also interested in the consequences of these transformations on patient care.
Research topics: Science-industry relations - Scientific work - Biomedical innovation in cancer - Hospital organizations and networks - Patient pathways