Bénédicte Stengel

Bénédicte Stengel is a Researcher at the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP) and Deputy Director of Research at the Graduate School Public Health, Université Paris-Saclay. Her career spans clinical practice, epidemiological innovation, and leadership in chronic kidney disease (CKD) research.

• Physician and PhD in medicine (1982)
• Transitioned to public health research in 1989 (Inserm)
• Principal architect of France's REIN registry (1997-2002)
• Coordinator of CKD-REIN cohort (since 2011)
• Founder of 80-person Clinical Epidemiology team (2020)
• President of iNET-CKD (International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease Cohorts, since 2021)

Her research focuses on:

• Environmental toxin exposure and glomerular nephropathy
• Prognostic biomarkers for CKD progression
• Healthcare practice variations in CKD management
• Large-scale cohort analysis through NephroTest and CKD-PC (Prognosis Consortium)
• Public-private partnership models for clinical research

She has secured critical funding through:

• Inserm grants (2007)
• TGIR (Très Grand Infrastructures de Recherche) support (22008)
• PIA 1 Investissements d'Avenir program (2011)

The CKD-REIN cohort (3,000 patients, 5-year follow-up) has produced nearly 50 publications, including 15 international collaborations with CKDopps and other global initiatives. Her work enables:

• National dialysis and transplant need forecasting
• Evaluation of CKD clinical interventions
• Development of standardized CKD classification models
• Training of multidisciplinary epidemiology teams