OUR TEAM
…our team is composed of vets, clinical research project managers,
clinical research assistants specialized in the design, the coordination,
the monitoring and the data-management of clinical trials.
Coming from veterinary and human profiles,
the entire team is involved in the well-being of animals.
Dominique Tierny (DVM, founder) has more than 15 years of experience in clinical oncology. She founded the first French referral center in veterinary oncology. She acts as Chairman of the Company and as Medical Scientific Advisor in veterinary oncology. She is part of the management team.
Matthieu Dubruque has 10 years of experience in Business Development and Operation Management in the biopharmaceutical industry. He is a graduate of the ISA-Lille Engineering School, Wageningen University (Msc Biotechnologies) and hold a MBA in part-time in 2010-2011. He is part of the management team.
One of the co-founders of Soladis, François is today its CEO in charge of Development and Innovation. A statistician by training, he has always been passionate about the problems inherent in data and invested in highly complex projects, to which he brings his methodological and analytical expertise.
Today, François is involved in Soladis Group’s innovation and development activities, and commits some of his time to educational initiatives through various roles with schools and universities (VP Polytech’Lyon, ENSAI Ambassador, Course director and tutor at UCBL1, etc.)
Dominique Tierny (DVM, founder) has more than 15 years of experience in clinical oncology. She founded the first French referral center in veterinary oncology. She acts as Chairman of the Company and as Medical Scientific Advisor in veterinary oncology.
Matthieu Dubruque has 10 years of experience in Business Development and Operation Management in the biopharmaceutical industry. He is a graduate of the ISA-Lille Engineering School, Wageningen University (Msc Biotechnologies) and hold a MBA in part-time in 2010-2011.
Fanny LEPRETRE worked for 7 years in the finance-HR department of a French Biotech. She then held the position of Clinical Manager at a Veterinary Oncology Center for 5 years.
Since June 2019, she is in charge of Non-clinical Operations at OCR. In particular, she is responsible for Financial Operations and Human Resources, and accompanies the Directorate on the implementation of the strategic decisions taken.
Outside the office, Fanny spends a lot of time with her family; she owns a 12-year-old cat.
With a Master’s Degree in Control and Quality Assurance of Drugs from the Châtenay-Malabry Faculty of Pharmacy (Paris XI), Virginie Coste is a specialist in the quality and regulatory procedures in the field of health product development (Drugs, Food Supplements, Medical Devices...). She has more than 13 years of experience in the operational management of clinical trials (in Biotech and CRO companies). She is Director - Clinical Operations and Regulatory Affairs at OCR, and guarantees the quality of the projects and services offered to our clients.
François Serres (DVM, co-founder) is specialized in internal medicine and cardiology. He is responsible for the identification and characterization of new relevant animal models and act as a scientific advisor in cardiology.
Agata Rybicka (DVM, PhD) joined OCR in 2017 and holds the position of Head of Research and Development. She has obtained her PhD at Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland, investigating tumor-associated macrophages and their interaction with canine mammary cancer stem-like cells. Dr Rybicka has 6 years experience in pre-clinical cancer research and focuses on ethical research with companion dogs and cats as a cancer model for mutual, human and animal, benefits.
Privately, she is an owner of a moody and independent Maine Coon named Joujou and a big fan of French cheese.
Thomas Swierczewski (Pharm, PhD) joined OCR in 2021 and holds the position of Project Manager in the R&D and Clinical Trials departments. He obtained his doctorate in Pharmacy (Lille) in 2019, then his Doctorate in Cellular Biology at the University of Lille in 2021 where he studied the link between renal carcinoma and inflammation.
Thomas practices cycling in all its forms and is a musician.
2 animals overflowing with energy accompany him: Flash, a 3-year-old dog and Capucine, a 5-year-old cat.
Emmanuel Bouchaert (Bsc) is specialized in in vitro & in vivo experiments. He is responsible of in vitro & in vivo experiments at OCR.
Céline Gillet (DVM, PhD) is specialized in clinical research in Oncology. She is in charge of the monitoring of clinical trials at OCR.
Juliette BLONDIAU graduated as a pharmacist in September 2019. She wanted to specialize in the pharmaceutical industry by completing a Master 2 in Clinical Research. Juliette joined the OCR team in November 2019 as Project Leader/Clinical Research Associate. She is in charge of setting up and monitoring national and international studies. Outside of work Juliette likes to play tennis, especially in the summer under a beautiful sun. She grew up with a Breton Spaniel named Dixy, and hopes to acquire a small dog again as soon as she leaves her apartment.
Geoffroy DEQUIREZ obtained the degree of Doctor of Organic Chemistry at the CNRS in 2013. He worked for 7 years in pre-clinical research as an R&D chemist.
He then worked in human and veterinary clinical research. He is currently in charge of setting up and monitoring studies at OCR.
Outside the office, Geoffroy is a fan of sports, FC Nantes and practices handball since his earliest childhood. He has a cat (Kenzo) and 2 rabbits (Rouky and Simba).
Émeline Raemdonck joined the OCR team in May 2020, during a clinical research assistant internship as part of her first year of Master’s degree in clinical research at the ILIS faculty in Lille. This year she accompanies us as part of her sandwich course. Besides work Émeline likes to spend her free time playing the flute or enjoying a good novel. Her 10-year-old friend is Eliot, an English cocker.
Mickaël Liénard joined the OCR team in May 2020, during a Clinical Research Assistant internship as part of his first year of Master’degree in Clinical Research at the ILIS Faculty in Lille. This year he accompanies us as an intern during his sandwich course. Apart from work Mickaël is interested in Japanese culture, basketball and astronomy. He shares his home with 4 cats: Maïtika, Dracula, Plume and Lily.
Juliette Hordeaux (DVM, PhD, Dip. ECVP) is specialized in anatomic pathology & she held a PhD in neurology. She was responsible of R&D activities at OCR for 2 years with an expertise in studies design, assessment and histopathological evaluation in preclinical toxicity field. She is currently Research Director, Lysosomal Storage Disease. Gene Therapy Program. University of Pennsylvania.
Bruno Gomes (DVM, PhD) is specialized in drug discovery and translational research. He has 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical companies in the field of Oncology and Immuno-Oncology. He worked at Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Iteos Therapeutics, and he is now Global Head of Biomarkers Oncology at Roche.
Grégoire Prévost (PhD) is specialized in oncology. He is the founder and CEO of Ciprevo, a new service company providing expertise on cancer research. He worked for 16 years as a Director Scientific Affairs Oncology at IPSEN. He held a PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology.