Véronique RIVAIN

Véronique RIVAIN is a Research Professor at the University of Nantes, affiliated with the Faculty of Pharmacy and the EA 4275 'Biostatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Subjective Measurements in Health' research team. She holds a joint university-hospital role as a Professor-Hospital Practitioner at Nantes University Hospital, where she leads the Biometrics Platform.

• Accreditation to Supervise Research (2006, University of Rennes 1)
• Doctorate in Biomathematics (1996, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris 6)

Her research focuses on biostatistical modeling, psychometrics, and longitudinal analysis of subjective health measures such as quality of life and stress. She specializes in Rasch models, missing data mechanisms, and patient-reported outcome (PRO) analysis. Her recent publications highlight methodological advancements in clinical research design and power analysis.

She oversees the 'Biostatistics' course for Master 1 Biology-Health students and directs the 'Modeling in Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology' inter-regional Master 2 program. Her leadership roles include Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Pharmacy and membership in the National Council of Universities (sections 80 and 85).

She supervises 12 PhD and 13 Master 2 students while managing a university hospital biometrics platform for clinical research promotion. Her work extends to organizing international conferences like the ISOQOL symposium on response shift detection in quality of life studies.