Inserm Prizes

Marion Leboyer, 2021 Grand Prize 

Through her research into psychiatric illnesses, Marion Leboyer has made a significant contribution to improving treatment for patients with the goal of personalized medicine for all. The Grand Prize rewards the innovative nature of her work, particularly in bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, and autism spectrum disorders. Discover all the 2021 Inserm Prize winners A life dedicated […]

  • Published on: 02/12/2021
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Portrait de Marion Leboyer.

Ana Zarubica, 2021 Research Support Prize 

Ana Zarubica plays a coordinating role at the Center for Immunophenomics. Her objective: ensure the optimal organization of a unit that offers scientists around the world mouse models for use in researching immune system function and dysfunction. An investment recognized through the Research Support Prize. Discover all the 2021 Inserm Prize winners Supporting research into […]

  • Published on: 02/12/2021
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Portrait Ana Zarubica.

Pierre-Louis Tharaux , 2021 Research Prize 

Twenty-five years ago, Pierre-Louis Tharaux, back then a nephrologist, vowed to help bring kidney failure out of its therapeutic dead-end. Now a researcher, he is on the way to success with an innovative approach and a first treatment being trialed in patients: progress rewarded by the Research Prize. Discover all the 2021 Inserm Prize winners […]

  • Published on: 02/12/2021
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Portrait de Pierre-Louis Tharaux.

Francine Behar-Cohen, 2021 Innovation Prize 

Francine Behar-Cohen is an ophthalmic surgeon, researcher… and creator of start-ups. What she wants is for her discoveries to leave her laboratory and provide relief to patients as quickly as possible. Her research and the value created from it have earned her the Innovation Prize. Discover all the 2021 Inserm Prize winners Start-ups to treat […]

  • Published on: 02/12/2021
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Portrait de Francine Behar-Cohen.

Laurent Fleury, 2021 Opecst-Science and Society Prize 

Together with the Collective Expert Review structure that he leads, Laurent Fleury is at the interface between science and society taking stock of scientific knowledge on a health subject at a given moment in time. The objective is twofold: aid political decision-making and inform citizens. The expert reviews and the value created from them are […]

  • Published on: 02/12/2021
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Portrait de Laurent Fleury.

Dominique Costagliola, 2020 Grand Prize 

Leading AIDS specialist and deputy director of the Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (iPLESP)*, Dominique Costagliola has been at the front line of the war on COVID since January 2020. With one objective: use her expertise to further research. It is in honor of her work and that of her team that […]

  • Published on: 03/12/2020
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Dominique Costagliola

France Mentré, 2020 Research Prize 

A key medical research discipline, biostatistics ensures the rigor of studies conducted in patients. Not surprising then that biostatistician France Mentré and her colleagues have been extensively involved in COVID-19 clinical research at Inserm. It is in honor of their work that Inserm has awarded them its Research Prize. At the crossroads of mathematics, computer […]

  • Published on: 03/12/2020
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France Mentré

Florence Ader, 2020 Research Prize 

In addition to being an Inserm* researcher, Florence Ader is a clinician treating patients in the field. It is in honor of this dual role that has she has been selected to lead the large-scale clinical trial Discovery … and to receive the Research Prize! Among the COVID-19 experts, Florence Ader is one of the […]

  • Published on: 03/12/2020
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Florence Ader

Yazdan Yazdanpanah, 2020 OPECST-Inserm Prize 

From the very start of the health crisis, the REACTing consortium team has been at the front line, coordinating studies on COVID-19. That is why it has been selected to receive the OPECST-Inserm Prize for social impact through its director, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, specialist of infectious diseases and director of the Inserm Immunology, Inflammation, Infectious Diseases and […]

  • Published on: 03/12/2020
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Yazdan Yazdanpanah

Frédérique Lesaulnier, 2020 Innovation Prize 

Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, never would so many studies have been launched so quickly at Inserm without – in part – the intervention of its data protection officer, Frédérique Lesaulnier. It is in recognition of these endeavors that Inserm has awarded her its Innovation Prize. First name, last name, address, medical history…: […]

  • Published on: 03/12/2020
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Frédérique Lesaulnier