ICAN contributes to the medicine of the future in the field of cardio-metabolism and nutrition. Located at the heart of Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris XIII), ICAN is an international Institute for Research and Health Care in cardiometabolic diseases. A pilot programme of thesis in co-supervision has been launched in 2013 between ICAN and the University of Laval (Quebec), represented respectively by Pr Karine Clément (Director of ICAN) and Pr Denis Richard, head of the Chair on Obesity at the Institut universitaire de pneumologie et de cardiologie de Québec (Canada)... ICAN has established a partnership with the Quebec Research Network on cardiometabolic health, diabetes and obesity (CMDO - www.rrcmdo.ca) (Head; Pr André Carpentier) aiming at the creation of a strategic partnership between France and Quebec on research training in the field of cardiometabolic health, diabetes and obesity.