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.
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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.
Each year since 2000, the INSERM awards three researchers in three major distinct categories. The Grand Prix de l'INSERM recognizes major advancements in biology for an active researcher of the institution, the Grand Prix d'Honneur recognizes a French public institution's researcher whose contributions have had a major impact in science, and the Prix Étranger (Foreign Prize) awards a foreign reseacher for their particular contributions to biomedical research. In addition the INSERM has internal awards for engineers and young researchers.
| Year | Grand Prix | Prix d'Honneur | Prix Étranger |
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| 2010[1] | Didier Raoult | Eliane Gluckman | Denis Duboule |
| 2009[2] | Yehezkel Ben-Ari | Nicole Le Douarin | Nora Volkow |
| 2008[3] | 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 |
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