Hélène joined in 2010 the European Commission where she worked firstly in the Directorate-General in charge of health policies (DG SANTE), in particular in the team supporting the establishment of the 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs) on rare diseases. She moved to DG Research & Innovation in January 2020, Unit “Health innovations and ecosystems”, to work on rare disease (RD) research, where she supported the implementation of the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) and collaborative research projects to improve diagnostics and therapies for RD patients. She helped preparing, and still support, the European Partnership on Rare Diseases, ERDERA.
