• Biography

Dr. Vincent Pialoux is an exercise physiologist, Professor at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1.

He graduated in 2004 from the University of Clermont-Ferrand. In 2005 and 2006, he was research and teaching assistant at the Faculties of sport Sciences of Nantes and Toulon. Then, he did a 3-year postdoc at the University of Calgary. In 2009, he was recruited as professor assistant at the University Claude Bernard Lyon and he obtained its Habilitation à Diriger les Recherche in 2010. Between 2014 and 2019, he was member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

He is now leader of the Team Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Physical Activity (ATPA) of the inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Biology. His general research area investigates the biological mechanisms of physical activity in the context of vascular diseases and Cancer and is founded by the Institut Universitaire de France, the Federation Française de Cardiologie, and the Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer.

Its primary researches focus on the effects of physical activity and sedentary behavior in the pathogenesis and vulnerability of atherosclerosis plaque, in order to optimize rehabilitation programs for this emerging and growing population in using in particular connected device.

In October 2020, he had published 120 articles (cited > 3800 times) and his H index was 35. He has supervised 14 postdoctoral and PhD students and he served as an external reviewer for over 30 PhD and HDR candidates. Vincent has been an invited speaker more than 40 times in 6 different countries including USA, Canada, Switzerland, China and UK. Finally, he is associate editor for Frontiers in Physiology and Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity and is regular member of the college of reviewer of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Vincent Pialoux (vincent.pialoux @ univ-lyon1.fr)

Institution

Université Claude Bernard

(Lyon 1)

Responsability

Team leader

Team: [ATPA]

Position

Professor

Publications