Team

Prof. Jean-François Augusto

Professor of Nephrology, University of Angers · Head of Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplantation, Angers University Hospital (France)

Jean-François Augusto is Professor of Nephrology at the University of Angers and has headed the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation at Angers University Hospital since 2018. Trained in Caen and Angers, he holds a PhD in immunology and did postdoctoral research on autoimmunity at the University of Bordeaux. His clinical and research work centres on kidney transplantation and immune-mediated kidney diseases, in particular ANCA-associated vasculitis and lupus nephritis.

He coordinates the nephrology specialty programme for the Pays de la Loire region and contributes to the national care guidelines for ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Prof. Benoît Brilland

Professor of Nephrology, University of Angers · Angers University Hospital (France)

Benoît Brilland is Professor of Nephrology at the University of Angers and a nephrologist at Angers University Hospital. Trained mainly in Angers and Montreal, he holds a PhD in immunology and training in biostatistics from the University of Bordeaux. From 2023 to 2025 he was a postdoctoral research in the Inflammation Genomics Laboratory (Langlais Lab) at McGill University (Montreal, Canada), working on the transcriptomics of glomerulonephritis.

He coordinates the Maine-Anjou AAV-GN Registry and its biobank, works with the laboratory team on prognostic biomarkers and experimental models, and teaches nephrology in Angers.