Marion Leboyer

Marion Leboyer is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne, leading the Translational NeuroPsychiatry team at the IMRB (Inserm U955). She specializes in psychiatric disorders, with a focus on bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, and immuno-psychiatry. Her work bridges clinical research, genetics, and neuroimaging, aiming to identify biomarkers for personalized therapies.

Affiliations:

• Head of Translational NeuroPsychiatry Group
• Director of the FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise (FACE-BD, FACE-SZ)
• Member of Labex Bio-Psy and the Psy-COH cohort initiative

Research Areas:

• Immuno-inflammatory pathways in psychiatric disorders
• Circadian rhythms and sleep disturbances
• Gene-environment interactions (e.g., urbanicity, childhood trauma)
• Brain imaging in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Key Projects:

• Psy-COH cohort (1,000 patients with bipolar disorder/schizophrenia)
• ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder DTI meta-analysis
• Immuno-Psychiatry collaborations with international institutions

Awards:

• Inserm Grand Prix 2021
• Co-author of Immuno-Psychiatry: Facts and Prospects (Springer, 2021)

Teams:

• Genomic Group (Stéphane Jamain)
• Immuno-Psychiatry Group (Marion Leboyer)
• Imaging Group (Pauline Favre, Charles Laidi)

Labs:

• NeuroSpin (Saclay) for neuroimaging
• Université Paris Est (Henri Mondor Hospital) for clinical and genetic research