Dominique Deplanque is both a neurologist and professor of medical pharmacology at Lille 2 University and Lille University Hospital. For more than ten years he has been involved in the management of clinical research activities. Moreover he is head of the Clinical Investigation Center (CIC 1403 Inserm-Lille University Hospital), a center fully dedicated to clinical research. He is also head of the Clinical Research Federation, a structure that is managing all the clinical research projects sponsored by Lille University Hospital.