Alain Fischer
Alain Fischer (born 11 September 1949 in Paris) is a doctor, professor of pediatric immunology and French researcher in biology.
Biography
Alain Fischer's father had wanted to become a doctor, but had been prevented from doing so by the numerous clauses established against the Jews of Hungary. Alain Fischer says his father was one of the reasons he has made a medical career choice.[1]
Fischer obtained his medical degree in 1979, and worked with Claude Griscelli at the
Fischer was elected in November 2002 as a full member of the French Academy of sciences, and was a member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee from 2005 to 2009. In 2007, he was one of the founding members of the Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases.[3] In 2008, he received the Inserm Grand Prize for his work.[4] On 5 May 2011, Alain Fischer was elected a full member of the French Academy of Medicine.[5]
In July 2011, he joined Martine Aubry's campaign team for the 2012 presidential election, working with Jean Mallot and Brigitte Dormont on the theme "Health and Social Security".[6]
Alain Fischer has held the chair of experimental medicine at the Collège de France since 15 May 2014, the date of his inaugural lecture.[2] He is a member of the Scientific Council of the IRIS Association.[7]
Scientific contribution
Alain Fischer's work has been focused for years on
Awards and honours
- 1984: Bernard Halpern Prize
- 1998: Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 2001: co-winner of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 2008: Grand Prix de l'Inserm
- 2015: Japan Prize[10]
- 2017: Commandeur of the Legion of Honour[11] (Chevalier in 2001, officier in 2010)
References
- ^ "Alain Fischer, " La thérapie génique prend son envol "". Le Monde. 7 May 2014.
- ^ a b Alain Fischer, médecin et professeur en immunologie pédiatrique, est nommé titulaire de la chaire Médecine expérimentale . Leçon inaugurale, le jeudi 15 mai 2014 à 18h00 , communiqué du Collège de France
- ^ "Institut Imagine des maladies génétiques: le vaisseau de verre de Nouvel". L'Express. 26 April 2011.
- ^ Nouvel Observateurle 2 décembre 2008.
- AP-HP.
- ^ L'équipe de campagne de Martine Aubry Archived 3 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine sur le site officiel martineaubry.fr
- ^ « Réactualisation du Conseil scientifique d'IRIS », IRIS, 16 février 2015 (lire en ligne, consulté le 28 novembre 2017)
- ^ Gene Therapy of Human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)-X1 Disease, Marina Cavazzana-Calvo, Salima Hacein-Bey, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Fabian Gross, Eric Yvon, Patrick Nusbaum, Françoise Selz, Christophe Hue, Stéphanie Certain, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Philippe Bousso, Françoise Le Deist, and Alain Fischer. Science 28 avril 2000 : Vol. 288. nº 5466, p. 669-672.
- ^ LMO2-associated clonal T cell proliferation in two patients after gene therapy for SCID-X1 S. Hacein-Bey-Abina et al. A. Fischer, M. Cavazzana-Calvo. Science 17 octobre 2003 : Vol. 302. nº 5644, p. 415-419.
- ^ "Laureates of the Japan Prize". japanprize.jp. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015..
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