The Carenity team

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Carenity's team is made up of people who are passionate about helping patients and their loved ones. Our members' feedback inspires us to improve our site and propose services that they find useful. Our team is organised around 4 poles: Animation, Analysis, Business Development & Partnerships, as well as our IT team.

Some team members also contribute to our Health Magazine. Experts in their field, they provide quality information and help make patient voices heard in our rubrics such as health news, advice, videos and patient interviews. Click on "Learn more" to discover their career paths, their areas of expertise and their qualifications.

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Michael Chekroun

President and Founder

Michael is Carenity's founder, a company he created in 2011, with the goal of providing patients and carers with a digital platform that could make connecting with other people living with chronic illnesses easier.

Lise Radoszycki

Data Scientist

Lise Radoszycki is Carenity's Data Science Director. She coordinates the actions of the Data Science team which produces real-life studies conducted with platform users. She also oversees Operations and coordinates digital projects and strategy to grow and engage the community. Since 2018, she's co-chaired Carenity's Science and Ethics Committee.

Andrea Barcia

Community Manager Spain

Andrea Barcia is community manager for Carenity Spain. As such she communicates directly with Carenity's Spanish-speaking members and her role involves animating the Spanish platform, interacting with members on a daily basis and writing and translating articles for the Health Magazine.

Andrea has a degree in Tourism from the Universidade de A Coruña (A Coruña, Spain) and a masters in International Marketing Strategy and Communication (Instituto Europeo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain). After an experience working in the aerospace sector, Andrea has been a freelancer in the field of digital communication and web content for the past 4 years. With a strong background in well-being and tourism, she joined Carenity in 2017.

Léa Blaszczynski

Communication Manager

Lea is currently Communication Manager at Carenity. Her role is divided into three areas: BtoC communication for members and the general public (events, partnerships, etc.), BtoB communication and marketing for prospects and customers, and internal communication.

Lea is a graduate of the European Communication School (ECS, Paris, France). Before joining Carenity, she worked as a community manager and web marketing officer at Groupama and then engagement manager at Carenity.

Lizzi Bollinger

Community Manager

Lizzi Bollinger is a Community Manager for the US and UK communities at Carenity. She also writes articles for the Health Magazine. Lizzi is responsible for member engagement, she supports patients and their families on a daily basis by animating and moderating Carenity's English-speaking communities and she participates in improving the site to allow members to navigate it more easily.

Sara Bonelli

Community Manager

Sara is Community Manager Italy at Carenity. Her role consists of animating Carenity's Italian platform, exchanging daily with members and adapting the articles of the Health Magazine to the Italian platform.

Sara holds a degree in Applied Foreign Languages and a Master in International Business (University of Milan, Italy). She is a freelancer in the field of translation and web content and joined Carenity in 2022.

Aurélien De Biagi

Digital Marketing Assistant

Aurélien De Biagi is currently an intern in the digital marketing team. His role is to lead and moderate the community so that users have the best possible experience on the platform. He is also responsible for writing articles for the Health Magazine, medical fact sheets and developing partnerships with patient associations.

A pharmacist in training, he would like to place patients at the heart of his work.

Baptiste Eudes

Community manager Italy

Baptiste Eudes is community manager for Carenity Italy. He animates Carenity's Italian platform, communicates with members on a daily basis and edits articles on the Health Magazine to adapt them to an Italian audience.

Baptiste Eudes has a masters in European Languages, specializing in Italian from Caen (France) and a masters in Sports Management (STAPS, Caen, France). Baptiste has been working as a freelancer in digital communication and web content for the past 6 years. With a strong background in sports and health care, he joined Carenity in 2017.

Courtney Johnson

Community manager UK and US

Courtney is Community Manager for Carenity’s UK and US platforms. Her role is to facilitate discussion and answer questions among Carenity’s English-speaking members. She also assists in the editing and translation of articles in the Health Magazine.

Courtney holds a double Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Art History from Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, USA) as well as a Master of Science in Marketing from NEOMA Business School (Rouen, France). She joined the Carenity team in early 2020.

Bianca Jung

Community Manager Germany

Bianca Jung is currently Community Manager Germany at Carenity. Her role consists of running the German Carenity platform, exchanging with members on a daily basis, and translating articles from the Health Magazine to adapt them to the German platform.
Bianca graduated with a Master's degree in Political Science and French Philology (University of Trier), and obtained a master's degree in Political Science and French Philology (University of Trier) in 2018. Her background enables her to provide members with relevant content. Indeed, she has worked as an editor for a diocesan magazine, so writing articles is part of her daily life. Bianca has also been in charge of public relations for a youth organisation. Before becoming Community Manager at Carenity, she worked for Xanacom as Marketing Manager. She joined the Carenity Team in November 2020. 

Polina Kochetkova

Digital Marketing assistant

Polina Kochetkova is presently an intern in the digital marketing team. Her role is to animate and moderate the Carenity community of the US/UK markets to provide the best possible experience for the users. She is also responsible for writing and translating health articles as well as creating content for the social media platforms. She is pursuing her Bachelors in Fashion Marketing from IFA Paris university and in her spare time loves to play tennis and listen to music.

Claudia Lima

Digital Marketing Assistant

Claudia LIMA is currently an intern on the Digital Marketing team.

Her role is to animate and moderate the community so that users have the best possible experience on the platform. She is also in charge of writing articles for the Health Magazine, medical fact sheets and developing partnerships with patient organizations

Matthieu Morillon

Acquisition Manager

Matthieu Morillon is Carenity's Acquisition Manager. He works to encourage new members to join the platform. He's also in charge of organic SEO, customer acquisition publicity campaigns, and measuring and analyzing activity on the site (analytics).

Marion Moulin

Digital Marketing Assistant

Marion is currently an intern in the digital marketing team. Her role is to animate and moderate the French Carenity community in order to offer the best possible experience to users. Marion is pursuing her trianing for Community and Social Media Management at IMCI. In her free time, she likes reading, drawing and listening to music.

Asmae Moustansir

Fieldwork Manager France

Asmae Moustansir is Fieldwork Manager France at Carenity.

She assists our data scientists in the management of online surveys, the optimization of recruitment channels and project feasibility studies.

She also collaborates with the Digital Marketing team on the acquisition of new members to expand the Carenity community.

Rahul Roy

Digital Marketing Assistant

Rahul Roy is presently an intern in the digital marketing team. His role is to animate and moderate the Carenity community of the US/UK markets to provide the best possible experience for the users. He is also responsible for writing and translating health articles as well as creating content for the social media platforms. He is pursuing his masters in management from EDHEC Business School and in his spare time loves to play football and listen to music.

Candice Salomé

Community Manager France

Candice Salomé is Community Manager France at Carenity. She is also involved in the writing of articles for Santé Magazine. Responsible for member engagement on Carenity's French platform, she accompanies patients and their families on a daily basis and participates in the improvement of the site to enable them to navigate it as easily as possible. 

Candice Salomé holds a master's degree in marketing and communication from Skema Business School in France, complemented by a diploma in digital communication. She previously worked at the company Monsieur Marguerite, where she was in charge of the content production and social networks.

Gilda Teissier

Engagement Manager

Gilda Teissier is the Engagement Manager. Her main role is to make Carenity members feel at ease on the platform and find all the information they need, be it in the discussion groups or in the Health Magazine. She also works on the engagement strategy, which not only includes making sure that members feel good on the site, but also making social media another tool for members to find information.

Gilda has a master's degree in International Relations from the UAM and is currently finishing her studies in Psychology. She has six years of experience in social media, content management, and digital marketing. Before working for Carenity, she worked for organizations such as UNHCR in Spain and ETW International in China.

Carine Odouard

Business Development Director

Carine Odouard is Business Development Director. Her mission is to bring the patient's voice to the private sector worldwide by facilitating real-life studies.


Thomas Verjus

Business development

Thomas Verjus is currently Carenity's Business Development Manager. His role involves accompanying our industry and institutional partners both in France and abroad as they carry out real-life studies to better understand patient needs.

Hela Ammar

Data Scientist

Pharmacist, Hela is a data scientist at Carenity. Using her scientific and medical knowledge, she supports various project managers to carry out real-life studies conducted with members of the community. 

A graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir in Tunisia, Hela holds a PharmD. After an internship as a market analyst at the Ministry of Public Health in Tunisia and an internship as an assistant diabetology product manager, she decided to complete a specialized master's degree in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Management at ESCP Business School. 

Hela joined Carenity in May 2022 as a data scientist after completing her end-of-study internship at Novartis as a junior product manager working with solutions for severe asthma. 

Through her various experiences in hospitals and pharmacies, Hela has had the opportunity to work closely with patients and has developed a deep knowledge of chronic diseases. 

Charlotte Avril

Data scientist

Charlotte Avril is currently Data Scientist at Carenity. Her role consists in drafting the survey questionnaires proposed to patients, analyzing the data collected, and contributing to the writing and publication of scientific articles available in the Health Magazine.

Charlotte Avril is a 6th year Pharmacy student at the University of Nantes, France. She specialized in Marketing and Data Management at ESCP Business School and is currently writing a thesis on social networks in health care.

Virginie Azoulai

Data Scientist

Virginie is currently a Junior Data Scientist at Carenity. She participates in all stages of each project, such as drafting survey questionnaires, processing collected data, and writing and publishing scientific articles. Her role is to use mathematics and statistical expertise to meet the different study needs.



Léo Benita

Assistant Data Scientist

Passionate about data, Léo is involved in analysing the results of the Carenity surveys, in order to gain a full understanding of patients’ goals and needs, and to make sure their opinion is taken into account by pharmaceutical companies.

Alexis Bombezin-Domino

Data Scientist

Alexis Bombezin-Domino is a Data Scientist at Carenity. His writes questions for patient surveys, analyzes the data gathered and contributes to editing of scientific articles. He also oversees improvements to Carenity's survey rubric.

Loane Danès

Data Scientist

Loane Danès is currently a Junior Data Scientist at Carenity. Her role consists of writing the survey questionnaires offered to patients, analyzing the data collected and contributing to the writing and publication of scientific articles.

Nada Doukkali

Assistant Data Scientist

Nada is very curious about the digital world, specifically about data management. She is involved in the creation and analysis of Carenity's surveys and ensures medical accuracy and that they reflect patient needs.

Camille Graff

Data Scientist

Camille is currently a Junior Data Scientist at Carenity. Her role consists of writing the survey questionnaires offered to patients, analyzing the data collected and contributing to the writing and publication of scientific articles.

Julie Laurent

Data Scientist

Julie is currently a Data Scientist at Carenity. Her role consists of conducting real-life patient studies, from the drafting of survey questionnaires to the contribution to the writing and publication of scientific articles.

Julie Laurent is a graduate of INSA (the National Institute of Applied Sciences) in Toulouse, France, and is an engineer in Mathematics and Statistical Modelling. After several years of experience as a biostatistician at the Toulouse University Hospital, and then as a manager of statistical studies for public and private clients, she decided to join Carenity.

Emilie Pain

Data Scientist

Emilie Pain is a Data Scientist and Carenity's Data Protection Officer (DPO). She conducts real-life patient studies and participates in scientific article writing and publication. She is also manages the PatientLive platform.

Antoine Seignez

Data scientist

A pharmacist and a Doctor of Pharmacy in life sciences, Antoine Seignez is a Data Scientist at Carenity, where he carries out all stages of real-life research studies, from their development to their publication.

A graduate of the Université de Bourgogne, Antoine holds a PharmD, specializing in pharmaceutical innovation and research, as well as a doctorate in life sciences, specializing in immunology. His work in bone marrow transplantation has been the subject of several publications and a presentation at an international congress. It is with the aim of helping patients as much as possible that he conducts all stages of patient studies, from their development to their publication, including the drafting of questionnaires and the application of survey results.

Laury Sellem

Data Science Project Manager

Laury is a Data Scientist & Project Manager at Carenity. She conducts real-life studies with members of the community and supports the various Data Science project teams. 

Laury holds an agricultural-engineering degree from the Institut Agro Rennes (formerly Agrocampus Ouest), a master's degree in Nutrition and Human Health from AgroParisTech, as well as a doctorate in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Reading (UK). Passionate about conducting health research, she worked in university research laboratories for 5 years before joining Carenity in 2022. Specifically, Laury worked with volunteers for various intervention studies and specializes in “in real life” data analysis collected via online epidemiological surveys. 

Pasquale Varriale

Data Scientist

Pasquale Varriale is Project Manager in Carenity's Data Science team. He conducts real-life patient studies, develops innovative methodologies and analyses, oversees client relations, contributes to writing and publishing scientific articles and trains junior analysts and interns.

Alizé Vives

Data Scientist

Alizé is a pharmacist and Data Scientist at Carenity. She supports the various project managers in carrying out real-life studies with members of the community, in particular by putting her scientific and medical knowledge to good use.

Alizé is a graduate of the Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences in Lyon and holds a doctorate in pharmacy. After an internship at Carenity in 2019 as a data scientist, she decided to complete her pharmacy degree with a Master's degree in Strategy and International Business at ESSEC Business School. Alizé returned in January 2021 to take up her current position, after completing her end-of-study internship as an assistant international market manager in the pharmaceutical industry.

Alizé has always placed patients at the center of her work. During her internship in a hospital, she worked in a clinical oncology pharmacy unit and was in daily contact with cancer patients. Her pharmacy thesis focused on the conciliation of drug treatments in oncology, a practice that aims to secure the care of patients.

Ophélie Wilczynski

Data Scientist

Ophélie Wilczynski is currently a manager on Carenity's Data Science team. Her role is to ensure the scientific quality of the studies carried out on patients, in order to best represent their voice to the various players in the health sector. She also ensures compliance with current regulations.

Amine Brakni

Full-stack web developer

Amine Brakni is a full-stack web developer on the IT team at Carenity. He is in charge of developing and maintaining the tools that allow the operation of the Carenity websites both on the back-end and on the front-end, whilst implementing the UX/UI user experience reflexes that he has acquired during his previous experiences.

Marie-Gabrielle Evanno

Product Manager

Marie-Gabrielle is Product Manager within the Carenity team. Her knowledge of communities enables her to develop Carenity's applicative products (forum, health magazine, survey space) in line with user needs, i.e. those of Carenity's members.

She draws from the member community, as well as their experiences and their difficulties, to build a forum-magazine-survey space that meets their needs and expectations.

Jérémy Huet

Lead developer and Web project chief

Jeremy Huet is Carenity's Lead Developer. He ensures that all of the human and technological elements necessary are present to keep the web platform evolving and functioning optimally. He oversees different computing development projects in coordination with the developers and makes sure the computing infrastructure is operational.

Jiangning Lin

Developer

Jiangning Lin is a junior Web Developer at Carenity. She facilitates the evolution of the website and makes sure everything is functioning properly. She also makes suggestions for improvements to Carenity's mobile platform.

Ailin Moreno

Full-stack Web Developer

Ailin Moreno is currently a full-stack web developer within the IT team at Carenity. Her mission is mainly the corrective and applicative maintenance of applications within Carenity.

Jie Yang-Mouzac

Senior Web Developer

Jie Yang-Mouzac is currently a senior web developer at Carenity. Her mission is to maintain and develop the tools used to run the website, other web tools and the back office. This requires a good sense of analysis and that she be a driving force in making proposals on software architectures and servers and finally that she provides an operational support role.