U1246 SPHERE
SPHERE is a multidisciplinary unit that seeks to develop and validate methods that can be used in clinical or epidemiological studies.
The philosophy that drives the SPHERE unit is that the patient must be considered as a whole, i.e. taking into account his/her environment, and integrating his/her perceptions, experience, and wishes.

4 axes of research
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SPHERE young researchers' days - March 2023
On March 27, 2023, the young researchers of SPHERE met in Nantes for their first scientific day!
On the agenda: presentation of software for the writing of the thesis manuscript and thoughts concerning the group's identity.
We started by a presentation of the LaTeX language and a feedback from former SPHERE PhD students: how did they write their manuscript? What challenges did they face ? etc.
After a convivial moment during lunch, everyone got to work:
- The first group made its first steps with Overleaf, an online Latex editor. This workshop was organized by Floriane and Yseulys.
- The second group worked on the identity of the "young researchers of SPHERE" group, which brings together a wide variety of profiles: interns, residents, PhD students, young doctors, junior engineers, postdoctoral researchers and graduate assistants. They also brainstormed on the actions we could take to stimulate scientific life, cohesion and mutual aid between young researchers.
It is already time to leave, but everyone leaves full of ideas! We will meet again in June at the SPHERE scientific day !

Summer School of Psychometrics 2023
Myriam Blanchin, Yseulys Dubuis, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Véronique Sébille
The UMR INSERM 1246 SPHERE is organizing its first psychometrics summer school from June 14 to 16, 2023 in Nantes. The theme of the summer school will be "The construction and validation of scales for measuring self-reported outcomes in health".
INSERM workshop 274 "Cluster randomized trials and within-person randomized trials: statistical, practical and ethical issues"
Agnès CAILLE, Bruno GIRAUDEAU (SPHERE) et Laurent BILLOT (The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, AUS) are organising an Inserm workshop on cluster randomised trials.
The theoretical phase will take place on 21-23 June 2023 in Bordeaux with many international experts.
Practical workshops are proposed in October 2023 in Tours.
Date limite d'inscription : 10 mars 2023