Dr Lauby-Secretan is the Head of the IARC Handbooks Programme and Deputy Head of the Evidence Synthesis and Classification Branch. Dr Lauby-Secretan obtained her PhD in Toxicology from St Bartholomew & the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, UK. During her several positions as post-doctoral scientist in London, UK, Boston and Los Angeles, USA and Lyon, France, her research focused on the molecular and cellular aspects of carcinogenesis. She then joined the IARC Monographs Programme, where she gained expertise in exposure assessment and observational epidemiology to complement her expertise in experimental research. During that period, she also contributed significantly to the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention. In 2014, she relaunched the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Programme. Under her leadership, the IARC Handbooks have developed from a small Secretariat with the IARC Monographs Section into a self-standing Programme that has become one of the flagships of the Agency.