Marie Bhatt

Marie Bhatt represents the Institut Curie's storied history in cancer research and treatment, an institution founded in 1909 by Marie Curie herself who recognized that radioactivity discovered in her laboratory could be applied to cancer treatment. The Institut Curie was among the first institutions to systematically apply radium and then radiotherapy to cancer treatment, and its early clinical work on radiation biology established foundational principles for the entire field of radiation oncology. Under the leadership of successive scientific directors building on the Curie legacy, the Institut Curie developed into one of France's leading cancer research and treatment centers with particular strengths in breast cancer, childhood cancers, and uveal melanoma. The Institut Curie's 115-year history represents a continuous tradition of integrating cutting-edge physics and chemistry with cancer biology and clinical investigation that traces directly to the discoveries of Marie and Pierre Curie.