Roch Houot

Dr Houot is a Professor of Hematology at the University Hospital of Rennes, France, and the Head of the Hematology Department. Dr Houot obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Lyon (France) and a Ph.D. from the University of Rennes (France) on immunostimulatory antibodies in lymphoma.

Dr Houot’s main research interests include novel drug development and immunotherapy for the treatment of lymphoid malignancies, such as checkpoint inhibitors, bispecific antibodies, and CAR T-cells. He was the principal investigator of several clinical trials (GALEN, VISMOLY, and ITSELF), including the first French academic trial for CAR-T cells, ALYCANTE. He also acted as the national coordinator for the CAR T-cell trials ZUMA-1 and ZUMA-2.

Dr Houot is a board member of the scientific committee for the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA), member of the Committee on Translational Research (Early drug development) of the LYSA, and member of the EHA-SWG on Immunotherapy. He has been an associate editor (Hemato-oncology) for the European Journal of Cancer since 2015, and the co-founder and secretary of the French Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (FITC).