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Pierre Tiberghien

Besançon Medical School, Université de Franche-Comté
Professor of Medicine, Immunology
France

M.D., Ph.D., and clinical hematologist at the Besançon University Hospital, France until 2009, Pierre Tiberghien has headed the Immunogenetics laboratory (1994-2004) and the Bourgogne France-Comté regional EFS blood transfusion establishment (2005-2009). He was EFS deputy CEO, head of medicine and research, and a qualified person from 2009 to 2017, and is currently senior advisor for European and international medical and scientific affairs at EFS. Pierre Tiberghien is President of the European Blood Alliance since January 1rst, 2020.

Pierre Tiberghien initiated and headed a UFC INSERM EFS research laboratory on host-graft immune interactions. Professor of medicine at UFC, Pierre Tiberghien teaches immunology and transfusion medicine. His main research focus is on transfusion and transplantation immunity as well as the safety and efficacy of blood products.