Background
Terra, Jean-Louis was born on September 24, 1950 in Lyon, France. Son of Pierre and Paule (Champagnon) Terra.
Terra, Jean-Louis was born on September 24, 1950 in Lyon, France. Son of Pierre and Paule (Champagnon) Terra.
Bachelor, Chartreux University, 1969. Doctor of Medicine, Alexis Carrel University, 1981. Degree in psychiatry, University Lyon, 1983.
Intern, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 1976-1981;
assistant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 1981-1984;
assistant, Center Vinatier, Bron, France, 1984-1989;
professor, Center Vinatier, Bron, France, since 1989;
department head, Center Vinatier, Bron, France, since 1995. Project manager Agence National pour le Dével. de L'Evaluation Médicale, Paris, since 1993. Temporary advisor World Health Organization, Romania, 1992, Copenhagen, 1993.
Member Intercommn. Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, France, 1995.
Member International Federation Psychiatric Epidemiology (treasurer 1993), French Group of Psychiatric Epidemiology (treasurer 1985), Comité Lyonnais pour la Recherche Thérapeutique en Psychiatrie (president since 1990), Romanian Psychiatric Association (honorary). M C.
Married Marie-Paule Mesmin, June 26, 1975. Children: Florence, Isabelle, Xavier, Jean-Baptiste.