Once a researcher, always a researcher… and supports her colleagues. For thirty years, Ghislaine Filliatreau, Delegate for Scientific Integrity at Inserm, has put all her energy and detailed research knowledge at the service of Inserm. An approach that won the Support for Research prize.
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Support for researchers deeply rooted in the body
Ghislaine Filliatreau, delegate for scientific integrity at Inserm, joined the institute as a researcher in 1983. A “classic” start-up trip. But after twelve years of research in cellular neurobiology, she joined the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. His mission: the development of open archives (or open archives), what we now call “open science”. “ Of course I then left the bank, but not the research!emphasizes the scientist. Additionally, I quickly realized that my laboratory background helped me better understand the reality of laboratories. » Since then, she has repeatedly put this knowledge at the service of research in a broader sense and says to herself: “ is pleased that this award has the title “Promotion of Research”. » !
In the service of science
In this area, Ghislaine Filliatreau is therefore taking her first steps in the ministry’s scientific publishing office. “ When you are in the ministry, you are close to shaping research policy and I enjoyed itShe explains. That’s why I set up a scientific monitoring unit there and focused on designing instruments to support research policy.. » A job she held until 2002, and “ That brought me to the Observatory of Sciences and Technologies (OST), where I stayed for twelve years, first as assistant and then as directorshe tells. The mission of the OST was to develop quantitative indicators to support the definition and evaluation of research guidelines.She continues. However, the OST was a public interest group that brought together ministries and research institutions including Inserm. So I hadn’t moved away and I saw a continuity in my journey. »
A continuity confirmed in 2016 when she became delegate for scientific integrity at Inserm, her first “house”; “ a delegation that Inserm founded in 1999!she specifies. This time I have certainly moved away from evaluating research policy, but not from supporting it. Because even if the delegation has to deal with violations of integrity and their consequences, our task is also to prevent them through advice in order to create the best possible conditions for reliable and solid research, synonymous with credibility. Scientists, citizens and authorities must have full confidence in the institution’s ability to promote excellent research with integrity, but also to identify and address scientific integrity problems when they arise – as required by the Research Code since 2020. We see that a new phase of scientific integrity is beginning. »
Deserved laurels
When it comes to scientific integrity, “prevention is better than cure.” It is therefore logical that the delegation is involved in the LORIER program (Organization for Ethical and Responsible Inserm Research), which Ghislaine Filliatreau leads together with Philippe Ravaud, director of a research unit in Inserm epidemiology.
“ LORIER was launched in April 2022 and brings together structures such as the Inserm Quality Network, the College of Ethics, the Inserm Ethics Committee, the Ethics Evaluation Committee, but also experts in “research about research” and administrators.explains the delegate. Our goal is to provide tools that meet the needs of researchers and are developed with them to help them conduct ethical and responsible research. With LORIER and the honoring of the Delegation for Scientific Integrity by Inserm with this prize, the old claim of supporting research takes on a new dimension. », concludes the winner.
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