On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day 2026, PEPR PROPSY highlights the work of talented women engaged in psychiatric research.
Through digital comics, inspiring career paths are showcased to demonstrate that careers in research are accessible to women, regardless of their age or background.
Anouck Amestoy is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Charles Perrens Hospital Center, a professor at the University of Bordeaux, and a researcher at INCIA. She leads a Center of Excellence dedicated to neurodevelopmental disorders and also coordinates an Autism Resource Center (CRA).
Her profile is available here.
Pauline Favre is a research scientist at Inserm, working at the Mondor Institute for Biomedical Research and NeuroSpin, a research platform dedicated to innovation in brain imaging, located at the CEA. Since 2019, she has been developing a clinical research project focused on the treatment of residual depressive symptoms, in patients with bipolar disorder.
Her profile is available here.
This project was co-developed with Pierre Da Silva, Head of the Information, Communication, and Scientific Culture Department at Inserm Grand Ouest, and illustrated by Clémentine Fourcade.
It is funded by PEPR PROPSY, a program supported by the France 2030 investment plan, co-led by Inserm, CNRS, with the support of Fondation FondaMental and ANR.