BEaCHILD Scientists
BEaCHILD’s Scientists
BEaCHILd’S MEMBERS
Researchers
Rodolphe Bailly, PT-PhD
Dr. Rodolphe Bailly is a physical therapist and researcher with the ILDYS Foundation. His experience as a physical therapist has convinced him of the importance of including the child and his family at all stages of the rehabilitation process. In his practice as a researcher, he explores children’s motor learning processes by analyzing the variables that allow them to learn better in order to gain autonomy. He implements these observations during intensive therapy camps for autonomy (HABIT-ILE).
Sylvain Brochard, MD-PhD
Prof. Sylvain Brochard is BEaCHILD’s Scientific Director. Professor of Pediatric Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) at the University of Western Brittany, at Brest University Hospital and at the ILDYS Foundation, he is convinced of the partnership with families and of the strength of multidisciplinarity for the development of research with and for children with disabilities and their families.
Ludovic Miramand, PT-PhD
Trained as a physiotherapist, graduating in 2011, he decided in 2015 to return to his studies to deepen his knowledge in research. After completing a Master 1 (Motricité, Performance Sportive et Ingénierie; Université Grenoble Alpes), a Master 2 (Biomechanics – Health; Université Lyon 1) and a two-year internship at the Laboratoire de Biomécanique et mécanique des Chocs (LBMC) in balance movement analysis, he took off in 2016 to do his thesis at Université Laval, in Quebec City, within the interdisciplinary research center in rehabilitation and social integration. This thesis on the biomechanical evaluation of functional tasks in individuals with a transtibial amputation was completed in 2022. After a transition period as a teacher-researcher in biomechanics at the University of Grenoble Alpes, he decided to return to the field of pediatrics as project manager in research and innovation at the ILDYS foundation and by joining BEaCHILD as a postdoctoral fellow. His research focuses on learning to write in children, and more specifically on the assessment of handwriting based on the analysis of tracings collected with digital tablets, a way of applying his knowledge of motion analysis to the field of handwriting. More generally, he is interested in the validity of measures used in clinical and research settings.
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Amandine Dubois, PhD
Dr. Amandine Dubois is a lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the Laboratory of Psychology: Cognition, Behavior, Communication (LP3C). She is particularly interested in studying the perception of pain in children living with a disability. In particular, she led the Dis-Handi project studying the perception of pain induced by everyday gestures in children living with a motor disability.
Laëtitia Houx, MD-PhD
Dr. Laëtitia Houx is a medical doctor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and also holds a PhD. She is specialized in pediatric rehabilitation, more specifically in the field of cerebral palsy, with a particular focus on the evaluation of movement and the use of botulinum toxin techniques. She is a member of the board of directors of the French-speaking Society of Studies and Research on Childhood Disabilities (SFERHE) and a member of the French Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation SOFMER.
Mathieu Lempereur, PhD
Dr. Mathieu Lempereur is a hospital engineer and head of the motion analysis laboratory. He completed a PhD in biomechanics on the simulation of the entry movement in a vehicle at the Laboratory of Automation, Mechanics, Industrial and Human Computing of the University of Valenciennes. Since 2006, in parallel to his clinical activities, he is a member of the Laboratory of Medical Information Processing (LaTIM INSERM U1101) as a researcher.
Johanne Mensah, MD-PhD
Dr. Johanne Mensah is an intern in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) with a double degree in engineering and medicine. She holds PhD in biomechanics and is interested in innovation development for people with disabilities.
Christelle Pons, MD-PhD
Dr. Christelle Pons is a pediatric Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) physician and researcher at the ILDYS Foundation and at the Center of Neuromuscular Diseases (CRMN) of the CHRU of Brest. In her clinical and research activities, she works to promote physical activity for children with chronic conditions. She also works to improve participation and facilitate the daily life of these children. In her research and innovation projects, she tries to implement a co-construction approach with the children and their families as well as the professionals around them.
Juliette Ropars, MD-PhD
Senior Lecturer – Attending Physician (PU-PH) – Neuropediatrician.
François Rousseau, PhD
Prof. François Rousseau is a professor at IMT Atlantique, Brest Campus. He holds a chair in artificial intelligence for the study of cerebral palsy. He shares BEaCHILD’s enthusiasm for multidisciplinarity in the development of research on childhood disability.
nathalie Bonneton-Botté, Pr
Prof. Nathalie Bonneton-Botté is a Professor of Developmental Psychology in Education. She contributes to the training of future teachers, including specialized educators, at INSPE Brittany-UBO. As a member of the Cognition, Communication, and Behavior Psychology Lab, her research focuses on developing intervention programs evaluated in school settings and designed in collaboration with teachers. These interventions may incorporate digital technologies and aim to support the academic success of children, whether they have typical or atypical development
PARTNERS
Delphine Gaudin-Drouelle, MD
Dr. Delphine Gaudin-Drouelle is the Facilitator of the partnership with families in pediatric research’ within BEaCHILD. She is a pediatrician, researcher and parent of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder. She joined the team with the mission to facilitate the partnership between families and researchers. In order for research to be more focused on the needs of children and families, the involvement of families in research is a priority for BEaCHILD.
Emmanuelle Fily
Trained as an occupational therapist, Emmanuelle Fily is in charge of the coordination for the Inter-hospital and university federation of pediatric SSR in Western Brittany (Frisbee). Within this framework, Emmanuelle Fily works in close interaction with BEaCHILD’s scientists in order to promote interactions between care, research and teaching, and to federate a multidisciplinary network of health professionals around research projects carried out by BEaCHILD’s members. Within the framework of a Master’s degree in Research, Project Management, Professional Practices in Occupational Therapy at the University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), she is conducting a scientific study (PITCh REHAB project) in strong partnership with families of children with disabilities, focusing on the identification of key elements that will guide the design of pediatric rehabilitation innovative tools, so that they better meet the needs of families.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sandra Bouvier, PT
Physiotherapist since 2012, Sandra Bouvier also holds a Master’s degree in medical bioengineering (BME Paris Descartes & Paris tech). It is during one of her internship in 2018, about children with cerebral palsy learning of walk, that she joined BEaCHILD’s team. Since May 2019, she has been pursuing a PhD on the CAP project, which evaluates the effect of HABIT-ILE therapy on the upper and lower limb biomechanics of preschool children with cerebral palsy. Using movement analysis and actimetry, she is trying to measure and understand the impact of innovative therapies on the movement of these children. She participates in other research projects of the team such as the ECHO project and is part of the HABIT-ILE camps supervision team.
Fun fact: Sandra may look wise and studious in front of her computer, but beware during the HABIT-ILE camps period and around children, she might turn into a pirate or an animal of any kind.
Nathan Decaux
Nathan Decaux graduated in Learning, Information Technology and Health Engineering from IMT Atlantique in 2020 and is a PhD student at the LaTIM. His PhD project focuses on the development and evaluation of an interactive muscle segmentation method based on pediatric MRI images of the shoulder. An intelligent tool that will allow health professionals to save time and gain considerable precision in the analysis of pediatric MRIs and their comparison before and after therapy.
Zakaria Jarraya
Trained as an engineer, Zakaria Jarraya is a PhD student at the LaTIM.
Anne Kerachni
Graduated with an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon since 2015, Anne Kerachni is a PhD student at LaTIM.
Zhengyang Lan
Graduated from IMT Nord Europe and holder of a Master’s degree in Data Science since 2021, Zhengyang Lan is a PhD student at LaTIM.
Chloé Mercier
Chloé Mercier holds an engineering degree in Computer Science for Health from the Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Rennes 1 (ESIR) since 2021. Her thesis project focuses on the high resolution reconstruction of MRI data for the study of brain development. It consists in improving the quality and resolution of MRI images of fetal brains. The interest is to be able to exploit these images for the study of brain development and for the diagnosis of brain pathologies.
Sarah Reynaud
Graduated with an engineering degree since 2021, Sarah Reynaud is a PhD student at the LaTIM.
Claire Scavinner-Dorval
Claire Scavinner-Dorval holds a diploma in Image Vision Engineering from the Télécom Saint-Etienne engineering school and a Master’s degree in Advanced Imaging from the Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne University since 2020. She is now a PhD student in LaTIM.
Jéromine Hervo
A physiotherapist since 2016, Jéromine has worked in various fields, including neuropediatrics, where she completed several clinical training courses. She then completed a Master’s 2 in Disability and Motor Performance Rehabilitation Engineering.
Jéromine is currently working on a Cifre thesis at BEaCHILD, in partnership with the LaTIM laboratory, the ILDYS Foundation and the INSPIRE laboratory in Montreal, as part of an international collaboration. She will be studying the impact of virtual reality in pediatric rehabilitation, and how this technology can be implemented in children’s homes. She will participate in the testing of the Kaligo + tool, and seek to determine the acceptability of this technology among professionals. Jéromine shares BEaCHILD’s vision of maintaining a close link between research and the clinic, which is essential to improving users’ quality of life.
Fun Fact: Having explored the real world aboard her kayak, Jéromine now sets off on the adventure of virtual worlds with children!
virtual worlds with children!
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Marietta Kersale
Originally trained as an occupational therapist, Marietta has always been concerned with the integration of evidence into clinical practice and the continuous improvement of professional practices. Her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Montreal and her contributions to various rehabilitation research projects in Quebec have enabled her to develop skills in qualitative and participatory research. Passionate about interdisciplinarity, co-construction and partnership in care and research, and keen to remain focused on the needs of users and those around them, Marietta rediscovered these values at BEaCHILD, which she joined in October 2023. She is a PhD student on the Deneo KID project, which involves developing a digital platform shared between the child, his or her family and the various professionals in the city, hospital and home, with the aim of promoting an integrated child care pathway. The project is being carried out in partnership with the CHU de Brest and the company Deneo, and Marietta benefits from Franco-Canadian thesis supervision with Christelle Pons and Sylvain Brochard from BEaCHILD, and Marie-Pascale Pomey (public health) and Quan Nha Hong (occupational therapy) from the Université de Montréal.
Triet Tran Le Minh
Graduated in Telecommunications Engineering at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam in 2023, Le Minh Triet TRAN is currently a PhD student at the LaTIM. Graduated in Telecommunications Engineering at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam in 2023, Le Minh Triet TRAN is currently a PhD student at the LaTIM. His thesis topic focuses on EEG source localization.
Emma Lhermitte
Emma Lhermitte graduated from Polytech Angers in 2022 with a double degree in automated systems and computer engineering and a master’s degree in dynamic systems and signals. She is a doctoral student at the LaTIM. Her thesis project focuses on the evaluation of morpho-structural changes in the brain of 1-4 year old children after a course of intensive HABIT-ILE therapy, and the study of a potential correlation between brain morphological variations and the subjects’ motor function. It is based on artificial intelligence methods for segmenting (delimiting into zones of interest) brain images, enabling it to extract morphological metrics such as gray matter volume or cortical thickness of the brain. By measuring morphometric changes in brain structures involved in movement, the aim is to better understand the impact of therapy on the brain, and to adapt it to the individual needs of children. This thesis project is part of the CAP project, a European consortium funded by the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
BEaCHILD’s ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Denis Jacquemot
After graduating in occupational therapy in Lyon in 2007, he broadened his horizons at the University of Montreal, where he discovered rehabilitation research. Back in France, he gained experience in pediatric rehabilitation in the medico-social, health and private sectors, where he identified the importance of a child- and family-centered approach. For six years, he worked as a member of the teaching team in the occupational therapy department at the ISTR in Lyon 1. At the same time, as a member of the ESCALE team at the Hopices civils de Lyon, he was involved in the development of innovative practices, with the introduction of intensive goal-oriented motor learning therapies. In parallel with his clinical activities, he embarked on a course of research into the rehabilitation of motor disabilities, obtaining a Master’s degree in Handicap & Autonomie Lyon 1, during which he took a particular interest in the co-determination of goals in pediatric rehabilitation. In this area of interest, he is currently coordinating the Réad’app’t study, led by Dr Christelle PONS, evaluating the Kid’Em application,developed by the BEaCHILD team. This research is part of her thesis on the goal-based approach to partnership-based care in pediatric rehabilitation, carried out in the RESHAPE laboratory at Lyon 1 University, under the supervision of Pr Julie Haesebaert, and co-supervised by Dr Christelle Pons and Amandine Dubois from BEaCHILD. Fun tip: Try asking him to play a 4-year-old boy… Behind his discreet character, he may surprise you with his talents as an actor in healthcare simulation!
Anca Grigoriu
Anca Grigoriu is a pediatric PRM physician at the “Dr. N. Robanescu” National Neurorehabilitation Center for Children in Bucharest, Romania.
She wrote her science thesis on gait acquisition in infants with unilateral cerebral palsy, using dynamic 3D kinematic and electromyographic analysis.
She is currently continuing a research project in Romania on the evolution of biomechanical gait parameters during the first 18 months after the acquisition of autonomous walking in infants with unilateral cerebral palsy under standard therapeutic care. This project is being carried out in collaboration with GIS BEaCHILD, CHU de Brest and LaTIM.
Dans son activité clinique, Anca s’intéresse également à l’approche thérapeutique de la spasticité ainsi qu’aux technologies robotisées proposées pour la réadaptation motrice des enfants.
Marine Cacioppo, MD-PHD
Dr. Marine Cacioppo is a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation physician.
After working at Brest University Hospital and the Ildys Foundation, she joined the Geneva where she is in charge of the neurorehabilitation project at the Children’s Hospital. Children’s Hospital. She has developed particular expertise in the neuro-orthopedic care of (walking, upper limb, etc.). In parallel with her clinical work, she has also conducted research in the field of childhood disability. She has completed a PhD on the development of a bimanual assessment tool in quantified movement analysis for the upper limbs, and continues to work in this field to move towards real-life measurement and improve participation by these children. She is a member of the board of directors of La Société Francophone d’analyse quantifiée du mouvement. d’analyse quantifiée du mouvement and a member of several learned societies (SFERHE, SOFMER, EACD, SACD).