Nour Abou-Chakra
Senior epidemiologist
Biography:
Claire Nour is a senior epidemiologist and joined the team in October 2023. She holds a BSc in Biochemistry from UPMC, a Masters degree in pharmacoepidemiology from Université de Bordeaux and a PhD in clinical sciences from Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. Her career covered both the academic research in France and Canada, and the private sector in CRO and as a consultant in real world evidence for pharmaceutical industry. During these professional experiences, Claire worked on several infectious diseases, mainly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), C. difficile, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, varicella, and blastomycosis, as well as other diseases using advanced methods, predictive modelling, meta-analysis, and various sources of data (primary prospective and retrospective, and secondary claims data).
Claire is passionate about p-values, painting art, gardening, cats, history of societies, coffee, traveling, and sweets.
Publications:
Loubet P, Fernandes J, de Pouvourville G, Sosnowiez K, Elong A, Guilmet C, Omichessan H, Bureau I, Fagnani F, Emery C, Abou Chakra CN. Respiratory syncytial virus-related hospital stays in adults in France from 2012 to 2021: A national hospital database study. J Clin Virol. 2023 Dec 31;171:105635. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105635.