Gérard Orth#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1698 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-O/gerard-orth.html |
Gérard Orth passed away September 4, 2023.
Positions Held
- Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS and Honorary Professor at the Pasteur Institute
- 1980 - 2003 Head of the Papillomavirus unit at the Pasteur Institute in Paris
- 1980 - 2000 Head of the INSERM Unit 190 (Human and comparative viral oncology)
- 1991 - 1996, 2001-2003 Head of the Department of Virology of the Pasteur Institute
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular and cellular biology
- Human and animal papillomaviruses
- Host genetic factors
- Genomics
Honours and Awards
- 1983 Silver medal of the CNRS
- 1985 Robert Koch Prize with Stefania Jabłońska
- 1995 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1996 Corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1997 Foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1997 Léopold Griffuel Prize
- 2004 Full member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 1992 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 2012 Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite
