Biography

Valérie Barbié has been trained as a computer sciences engineer in France and the United States. After a few years as informatician at the National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) in France, she joined the pharmaceutical industry as a bioinformatician. Over 13 years in this industry, she has been working in the field of biomarkers analysis and personalized medicine.

Since 2015 she is leading the Clinical Bioinformatics group at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, which provides expertise and support to hospitals and industry for the organization, analysis and interpretation of patient-related data, and to promote training and general public information.

She joined Biotechnet's Advisory Board in 2025.