Didier Samuel#
| Membership Number: | 7296 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9481-3616 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023, 02 - present Chairman and CEO of INSERM (French Institute of Health and Medical Research)
- 2022 - 2023 President of the French Conference of the Deans of Faculties of Medicine
- 2017 - 2023 Dean Faculty of Medicine at Paris-Saclay University
- 2002 - 2023 Medical Director of Liver Transplant Program at Paul Brousse University Hospital Villjuif France
- 1999 - 2023 Chief of Liver Unit and Liver ICU at Paul Brousse University Hospital, Villejuif France
- 2005 - 20023 Head Research Unit Inserm-Paris-Saclay (785 then 1193) Physiopathogenesis and Treatment of Liver Diseases
- 2009 - 2014 Editor-in-Chief Journal of Hepatology
Fields of Scholarship
- Liver transplantation
- Viral hepatitis (hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus)
- Liver failure (acute and chronic)
- Hepatology
- Cirrhosis
Honours and Awards
- 2018 European Association of the Liver (EASL) Recognition Award (Refer to Shouval Daniel J Hepatol 2018; 68: 876-77)
- 2014 Great Prize Allianz Foundation-French Academy of Sciences (for the impact of my research in Liver Transplantation)
- 2010 Legion d'Honneur ( Chevalier, Knight)
- 2006 American Association for the Sudy of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Award for Carrier Achievement in Liver transplantaion




