Bruno Falissard

Bruno Falissard
Born	(1961-10-17) October 17, 1961 (age 62)
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	psychiatrist, and academic
Academic background
Alma mater	Ecole Polytechnique, Paris University of Paris XI
Academic work
Institutions	Paris-Saclay Medical University

Bruno Falissard is a French psychiatrist, and academic. He is a professor of Biostatistics at Paris-Saclay Medical University, the Director of the CESP (INSERM centre for research in epidemiology and population health), and the former President of the IACAPAP (International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions).^[1]

Falissard has published over 340 articles.^[2] His research primarily focuses on drug evaluation, evaluation of unconventional care, epistemology and research methodology in medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience. He is also the author of 5 books entitled, Comprendre et utiliser les statistiques dans les sciences de la vie, Cerveau et psychanalyse: tentative de reconciliation, Mesurer la subjectivité en santé: perspective méthodologique et statistique, Analysis of Questionnaire Data with R. and Soigner la souffrance psychique des enfants.^[3]

Falissard is a member of the French Academy of Medicine, and is associated with the committees of several professional organizations across the globe. He served as co-editor of the European Journal of Epidemiology,^[4] of European Child Adolescent Psychiatry^[5] and as member of the advisory board of the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.