Biographie

Career

Philippe Golay is Head of the Research and Innovation Department (R&I) and a Full Professor at the Institut et Haute École de la Santé La Source. He holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Geneva, awarded in 2014.

During his career, Philippe Golay worked as a teaching and research assistant and doctoral researcher within the Developmental and Differential Psychology Group and the Psychometric Assessment and Individual Differences Group (EPeDI) at the University of Geneva, under the supervision of Prof. Anik de Ribaupierre and Dr Thierry Lecerf.

He subsequently spent ten years as Head of Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), where he led the Research Unit of the Community Psychiatry Service (PCO) and the Research Unit of the General Psychiatry Service (PGE).

He was also awarded the title of Privat Docent by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sport and Psychology (SSP) at the University of Lausanne in 2021, and subsequently by the Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) in 2023. He has taught individual and organisational assessment, psychometrics, and quantitative methods.

In July 2024, he joined the Institut et Haute École de la Santé La Source to take up his current position

Activities

Head of the Research & Innovation (R&I) Department at La Source School of Nursing Sciences.

Vice-President of the R&I Committee for the HES-SO Health Domain.

Scientific Integrity Officer at La Source School of Nursing Sciences.

Privat Docent at the SSP Faculty, University of Lausanne.

Professional expertise

Philippe Golay is interested in the measurement of health outcomes and inter- and intra-individual differences. His research interests also include psychometrics and statistical modelling of health data, early intervention for psychosis, community-based approaches, and coercion in psychiatry.

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