CESP - Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations

Name

CESP - Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations

Legal name

Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP)

Website

https://cesp.inserm.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CESP (INSERM U1018) is a French public epidemiology research center conducting population-based studies on psychiatry, cancer, chronic diseases, and primary care, serving French and European public health agencies and policy makers through 53 cohorts and multidisciplinary research teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety & Risk Management FSP (HLAGAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Management, Biostatistics & Statistical Programming FSP (HLAGAOAB)

Keywords

• Epidemiology research
• Population health studies
• Clinical epidemiology
• Pharmaco-epidemiology
• Biostatistics research

Headquarters

HQ city

Villejuif

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: CESP operates as a public research institution under the auspices of INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, and Université Versailles Saint-Quentin. Funding comes from government sources including ANR, ANRS, and other public research agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CESP (INSERM U1018) is a French public research institution that conducts epidemiology and population health research through 13 research teams and 3 transversal services, addressing psychiatry, cancer, chronic diseases, and primary care. Its activities center on population-based cohorts (53 active cohorts including FCCSS, CKD-REIN, EpiCov), clinical and pharmaco-epidemiological studies, therapeutic trials, and analysis of the French National Health Data System (SNDS), with results intended for short-to-medium-term application in prevention, care, and health system organization.

Product overview

CESP is a public research institution (INSERM U1018) focused on epidemiology and population health research. The institution does not offer commercial products; its offerings consist of research teams, cohort coordination, methodological support services, and scientific publications. The center comprises 13 research teams organized around thematic axes including clinical epidemiology, pharmaco-epidemiology, high-dimensional biostatistics, developmental psychiatry, radiation epidemiology, and primary care research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INSERM U1018: INSERM research unit number 1018
• Épidémiologie clinique et Pharmaco-Epidémiologie
• Biostatistique en grande dimension (HiDiBiostat)
• Psychiatrie du développement et trajectoires
• Soins Primaires, Prévention et Santé des Femmes
• Épidémiologie des radiations

Products and services

• Pôle méthodologies et statistiques (Methodology and Statistics Hub) Transversal methodological and statistical support service providing biostatistics expertise, study design, and analytical support to CESP research teams and collaborating investigators on epidemiological and population health projects.

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• INSERMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional sponsor and umbrella organization for CESP research operations
• Université Paris-SaclaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor university providing academic framework and doctoral education
• Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor university contributing to research and academic programs
• ANSM (Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national agency for medicines and health products safety - collaboration in pharmacovigilance research
• IReSP (Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic health research institute for collaborative research
• CNRGH (Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine)majorTechnology or IntegrationNational human genome research center for genomic analysis and research integration
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)majorTechnology or IntegrationFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission for research collaboration
• Institut PasteurmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious French research institute for infectious disease and public health research
• Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading US academic institution for international research collaboration
• Johns Hopkins UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading US academic institution for international research collaboration
• INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national institute for demographic studies
• CNAMTS (Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés)majorTechnology or IntegrationFrench national health insurance for administrative health data access and collaboration
• Santé Publique FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench public health agency for national health surveillance and research
• Big Data Institute, OxfordmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based research institute for big data health research collaboration
• Institut Pasteur du CamerounmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration with Pasteur Institute branch in Cameroon
• University of Health Sciences, Phnom PenhmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration with Cambodian university for health research
• IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Chiang MaimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench development research institute collaboration in Thailand
• INRA (Institut national de la recherche agronomique)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national institute for agricultural research for nutrition and health research
• Arbor Research Collaborative for HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUS-based collaborative health research organization
• Université Paris CitémajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university for child psychiatry research collaborations
• EPICENTRE (Médecins Sans Frontières)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSF research center for international humanitarian health research
• Direction générale de la SantémajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench General Directorate of Health for policy-relevant research

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM): One of the world's leading public health and epidemiology research institutions with strong cohort-based methodology — directly comparable to CESP in translational epidemiology, drug safety, and global health research focus.
• IPLESP - Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (INSERM UMR_S 1136): A major French INSERM/Sorbonne Université epidemiology research center covering infectious diseases, chronic disease epidemiology, and public health — directly comparable to CESP in scale, structure under INSERM, and translational epidemiology focus.
• Erasmus MC - Department of Public Health: Major Dutch academic medical center with a leading epidemiology, biostatistics and public health research department — closely comparable to CESP in cohort-based epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology and methodological research at the European public research institution level.
• Bordeaux Population Health (INSERM UMR 1219): INSERM/Université de Bordeaux epidemiology research center covering cancer, chronic disease, and pharmacoepidemiology — closely comparable French public epidemiology center with similar cohort-driven approach.

Broad incumbents

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: One of the largest and most cited public health schools globally, with leading epidemiology and biostatistics departments — a broader incumbent comparable to CESP in epidemiology and population health research scale and methods.
• Institut Pasteur: Prestigious French biomedical research institute with major epidemiology and infectious disease research — broader in scope (basic to translational) but a comparable French public research peer and active CESP collaborator.
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: A globally leading public health school with departments covering epidemiology, biostatistics, and global health — broader and larger than CESP but an active international collaborator and benchmark for translational epidemiology.

Emerging players

• Big Data Institute, University of Oxford: UK-based research institute focused on large-scale health data analytics — narrower in disease scope but highly comparable to CESP's HiDiBiostat team in applying high-dimensional biostatistics to population health and drug safety questions.

Regional players

• INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques: French national institute for demographic and population research with strong epidemiology and cohort methodology overlap — comparable French public research peer with similar national-cohort focus and quantitative social science approach.
• Santé Publique France: France's national public health agency, an active CESP partner — operates population health surveillance and epidemiological research with comparable national scope but a regulatory rather than academic research mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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