Elodie Giroux

Elodie Giroux is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, specializing in epistemology and the philosophy of science. Her research focuses on the philosophy of medicine, epidemiology, and public health, with particular emphasis on concepts of health, disease, risk, and personalized medicine.

• Research themes: Philosophy of Medicine, Epistemology of Risk, Exposome Research
• Affiliated with: Institute of Philosophical Research of Lyon
• Teaching areas: Philosophy of science, Epistemology, History and philosophy of medicine

Her recent publications analyze the European Human Exposome Network, highlighting tensions between holistic and reductionist approaches in environmental health research. She explores epistemological challenges in modeling health phenomena through risk frameworks and exposomic narratives.

Giroux serves as a training manager for the DU Philosophy of Health and Master's in Culture and Health programs. She has co-edited volumes on precision psychiatry and environmental health epistemology, with her work appearing in journals like Social Science & Medicine and History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.

Her research methodology integrates philosophical analysis with medical and epidemiological frameworks, addressing the implications of the exposome concept and biosocial health approaches.