Prof Isabelle Ray-Coquard

Oncologist, Centre Léon Bérard

Professor of Medecine, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I

Isabelle obtained her medical degree in 1997, specialising in oncology. In 2003, she received a PhD from the Université Claude Bernard for her research on the factors that determine medical practices in oncology. She also earned a Master’s degree in medical economics in 1996 and in statistics in 1995.

From 2008 to 2013, she served as Chairman of the gynecologic group for clinical trials of the French National Cancer Institute (INCA). She is currently the Network Director of the national observatory dedicated to rare ovarian cancer (www.ovaire-rare.org), a network funded by the INCA commission and focused on the management of all rare gynaecological cancers.

At the Groupe d’investigateurs national evaluation des cancers de l’ovaire (GINECO), she has been active in the translational research advisory committee, the scientific committee, and has served as chairman of both the endometrial cancer subgroup and the rare tumours committee. Since 2002, she has also been developing translational research dedicated to ovarian cancer with INSERM within the Cancer Research Centre of Lyon (CRCL), directed by A. Puisieux on the CLB campus, and more specifically with Research Team 11 of CRCL.

From 2009 to 2016, she chaired the rare cancer working group of the Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG), dedicated to clinical trials in all gynaecological cancers. She is currently the President of the GINECO group.

She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Connective Tissue Oncology Society, the French Society of Cancer, the European Association of Cancer Research, the EORTC, the European Society of Medical Oncology, and the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology.

Updated: May 2025