Fabien Zoulim obtained his M.D. in Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Lyon Medical School. He also obtained a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and was trained as a post-doctoral researcher at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He is a Professor of Medicine at Lyon I University. He is also the Head of the Hepatology Department at the Hospices Civils de Lyon, and of the Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory of INSERM Unit 1052. He is now leading the Lyon Hepatology Institute. His research interest mainly focuses on viral hepatitis.