Pierre Corvol , born the August 18th 1941 with the Boulogne-on-Seine, is a Enquiring Médecin and in biology. He is administrator of the Collège de France since 2006.

Biography

Pierre Corvol is a former intern of Paris (1964) then enquiring post-doctoral to the National Institutes off Health of Bethesda in the United States, in 1969. He becomes qualified schoolteacher with the CHU Broussais Hôtel-Dieu in 1976. In 1983, it takes the direction of U36 of INSERM (vascular Pathology and renal Endocrinology) and was elected with the pulpit of experimental medicine of the Collège de France in 1989, pulpit which it occupied until 2006, date of its nomination as an administrator of the establishment. Pierre Corvol is regular member of the Academy of Science since 1995. He is since 1999, the president of the scientific advice of the INSERM. He was elected member of prestigious the American Academy off Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Scientific contribution

Pierre Corvol is a highly skilled researcher in the field of the regulations endocriniennes of the blood-pressure and the Hypertension. He in particular was one of the discoverers of the system of hormonal regulation Système renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and of the Enzyme of conversion of the angiotensin.

Distinctions

• 2006 : Grand Prix of the medical research of the INSERM.
• Officer of the Legion of honor.
• Commander of the National order of the Merit.

External bonds

• Official site of the laboratory of Pierre Corvol at the Collège de France

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