Are you a doctoral or post-doctoral student?
The IHU ICAN organises training and information weeks (summer camp, autumn camp, winter camp) on pursuing a career with a PhD, aimed at PhD students and post-docs in its ecosystem.
Whether you’re going into public or private research, or simply want to make the most of your PhD in a new professional environment, these camps are for you!
Find out more about past and future camps below .
Dates of past and future camps
- Winter camp (Quebec – CMDO) :
- January 31 to February 7, 2025 – FULL
- February 2 to 9, 2024
- From 3 to 7 February 2023
- Summer camp (Paris) :
- From 16 to 20 June 2025: pre-registration open via this link.
- From 10 to 14 June 2024
- From 12 to 16 June 2023
- From 20 to 23 June 2022
- Autumn camp (United Arab Emirates – UAE) :
- From 11 to 15 December 2023 – “Diet sustainability and cardiometabolic health”
Application criteria
- Be a doctoral or post-doctoral student or research professional in an ICAN community team
- Be supported by your hierarchy
- Have never taken part in the desired camp
Documents to be provided
- Curriculum vitae with detailed “contributions” section
- Motivation letter for participation in the summer camp
The IHU ICAN summer camp (Paris, France)
Every year, the IHU ICAN organises a summer camp for doctoral and post-doctoral students from its ecosystem, to talk about their professional future. Whether you’re going into public or private research, or simply want to make the most of your PhD in a new professional environment, this camp is for you!
On the programme:
- Career workshops on research careers
- Presentation of the ICAN IHU with a visit to the ICAN Omics and ICAN BioCell iPSplatforms and the Biological Resources Centre (BRC)
- Workshops on scientific topics and the use of health data…
Autumn camp (Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates)
For the first time in 2023, the IHU ICAN is organising an autumn camp in Al-Aïn (United Arab Emirates) in partnership with the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).
Dedicated to sustainable nutrition and cardiometabolic health, this unique camp is an opportunity to discover advances in Emirati fundamental and clinical research.
On the programme:
- New perspectives on sustainable food consumption
- How can we combat obesity?
- The development of artificial intelligence to combat cardiometabolic diseases
- Presentations by Canadian and French representatives specialising in nutrition
- Enriching cultural discoveries
- And so much more!
The CMDO winter camp (Canada)
Organised by the CMDO network in Canada, the winter camp offers a week of intensive training in interactive workshops with internationally renowned speakers.
The winter camp is also a great opportunity to network and open up new post-doctoral opportunities across the Atlantic in basic, clinical and epidemiological research in cardiometabolic health.
Our partners
Since 2014, ICAN has established strong links with the Quebec Research Network on Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity (CMDO) with the aim of creating a strategic and lasting partnership between France and Quebec on research training in the field of cardiometabolic health, diabetes and obesity. Each year, this transatlantic programme enables young research professionals from the IHU-ICAN and all Quebec universities to work together on Canadian soil.
In 2023, the IHU ICAN had the pleasure of welcoming young Emirati researchers from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU ) in Abu Dhabi to Paris for a week of training at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
Lucien Junior Bergeron, PHD – Deputy Director of the CMDO network
“Since 2014, the CMDO community has had the privilege of hosting up-and-coming scientists from France (ICAN) during a student exchange that goes far beyond knowledge transfer. During the activities surrounding the winter camp, a flagship activity of our network, friendships are created, leading for some to sustained scientific collaborations and having an incredible leverage effect for CMDO research internationally. This French-speaking week in Quebec is often a milestone for our campers, whether from France or Quebec, combining a cultural experience with a first-rate multidisciplinary scientific immersion. Long live this student exchange for the benefit of international research at CMDO!
For more information on the CMDO network : lucien.junior.bergeron@rrcmdo.ca
