The Carenity Team: Laury Sellem

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. 

Laury holds a PhD in Nutrition Sciences (University of Reading, UK) and a master's in Nutrition and Human Health (AgroParisTech, France). She has conducted clinical and epidemiological research projects in Nutrition and Health for 5 years, the award-winning results of which have been presented at international congresses. Her work has focused on the impact of saturated fats and dairy products on cardiovascular health, as well as the role of food additives on the risk of cancer, which has resulted in the publication of several articles in scientific journals. 

In conjunction with her research, Laury has written numerous popular science articles in the United Kingdom in order to inform the general public about healthy and balanced nutrition in an accessible and rigorous way.