The Dr. Jacques Servier Prize : 12 Dec 2007

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The Dr. Jacques Servier Prize is given by the Servier Foundation and The Ireland Fund of France to an individual with a history of collaboration with French researchers, who has potential to use the Prize to further Irish-French biomedical research and who works in an area of research relevant to The Servier Foundation.

2007 Recipient
This year's recipient is Prof. Christopher Thompson who received the Prize at a December ceremony at the French Embassy in Dublin. Prof. Thompson was selected in recognition of his research collaboration in the area of pituitary dysfunction in traumatic brain injury with Dr. Patrice Mollard in Montpellier and his research and training contributions in the area of endocrine disorders were also cited. The Prize awards 10,000 Euro to further assist the Awardee in developing Irish-French research collaboration.

Professor Thompson was presented with his award at a special ceremony held in the French Embassy in Dublin which was presided over by His Excellency Mr. Yvon Roe d’Albert, French Ambassador to Ireland and attended by Mr Pierre Joannon, President, Ireland Fund of France.

Dr. Jacques Servier Prize
Named after Dr Jacques Servier, the founding President of the Servier Research Group, this scholarship aims to promote and encourage scientific exchange between the medical community, health care industry, universities and research organisations particularly in the field of therapeutic research. It also represents another initiative in furtherance of the Ireland Fund of France’s mission to enhance Franco-Irish relations.

Mr. Laurent Perret, Head of Research, Servier Laboratories who presented the award, said “We are delighted to recognise Professor Thompson for his contribution to the scientific and medical community both here in Ireland and in France. His own research projects and his collaborations with the CNRS and the University of Montpellier make him a worthy recipient.”

Professor Thompson trained at Dundee University and held postgraduate posts in Glasgow and Newcastle. He completed a MRC Fellowship on osmoregulation in type ONE diabetes in Newcastle between 1986-88. He became a Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1988 and was appointed visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, UCSF. In 1997 Professor Thompson was appointed Consultant Endocrinologist Beaumont and appointed Professor in the Department of Medicine at RCSI in 2006.