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Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, French pronunciation: [insɛʁm]) (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) is a French biomedical and public health research institution.

Contents 1 Medical research organisation 2 INSERM Awards 2.1 Laureates of the three major prizes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Medical research organisation

Created in 1964, the INSERM is a public institution with a scientific and technical vocation under the dual auspices of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Research. It was created as a successor to the French National Institute of Health.

INSERM consists of 339 research units, run by 6500 permanent staff members. Eighty percent of INSERM research units are embedded in research hospitals of French universities.

[edit] INSERM Awards

Each year since 2000, the INSERM awards three researchers in three major distinct categories. The Grand Prix de l'INSERM recognized major advancements in biology for an active researcher of the institution, the Grand Prix d'Honneur french public institution's researcher whom contributions had have a major impact in science, and the Prix Étranger (Foreign Prize) awards a foreign reseacher for its particular contributions to biomedical research. In addition the INSERM decerns internal awards for engineers and young researchers.

[edit] Laureates of the three major prizes

Year	Grand Prix	Prix d'Honneur	Prix Étranger
2009[1]	Yehezkel Ben-Ari	Nicole Le Douarin	Nora Volkow
2008[2]	Alain Fischer	Alim-Louis Benabid	Tomas Lindahl
2007	Christine Petit	Pierre Ducimetière	Mina Bissel
2006	Pierre Corvol	Ketty Schwartz	Zhu Chen
2005	Bernard Malissen	Jacques Glowinski	David P. Lane
2004	Jean-Marc Egly	Pierre Chambon	Harvey Alter
2003	Miroslav Radman	not created	not created
2002	Monique Capron	not created	not created
2001	Yves Agid	not created	not created
2000	Arnold Munnich	not created	not created

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Inserm website (English)

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