Jean Chambaz, MD and Doctor ès sciences, is currently professor of cell biology at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in Paris. He leads an INSERM-UPMC research unit in the field of metabolism and intestinal differentiation. He is director of the doctoral school of physiology and pathophysiology and since 2006 has also been director of the Institute of Doctoral Training at UPMC which has about 3500 doctoral candidates in sciences and medicine from mathematics to public health. He coordinated a network of the EUA doctoral programmes project in 2004-2005.

Handbook articles by Jean Chambaz:

• Developing the Doctorate (C 4.4-2)