Dr. Hélène Decaluwe

Biography

Dr. Hélène Decaluwe completed medical studies at McGill University (1994-1999) and continued post-doctoral training in Pediatrics at the University of Montreal (1999-2003). She pursued Pediatric Clinical Immunology training at the renowned Immunology Unit of Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, supervised by Alain Fischer (2003-2004). Dr. Decaluwe has been involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of children affected by severe immunodeficiency diseases, which often require hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and gene therapy. In Paris, she completed a Master’s degree in Immunology (2004-2005) in Jean-Laurent Casanova’s laboratory. Her PhD thesis, conducted at the Pasteur Institute (2006-2010) under James Di Santo, focused on the role of γc-dependent cytokines in T lymphocyte differentiation during acute viral infections, supported by multiple grants from various health research agencies. In 2010, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal, specializing in Pediatric Immunology. Her research, conducted at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, emphasizes immunological reconstitution in children with severe combined immunodeficiencies and has had significant funding support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Institute of Health.

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