Jean-Didier Vincent#
| Membership Number: | 1119 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1991 - 2004 Director of the Alfred-Fessard Institute of Neurobiology at the CNRS
- Professor of Physiology at the University of Paris-Sud
- 1994 - 2004 Professor at the Institut Universitaire de France, Chair of Neuroendocrinology at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris-Sud, Paris XI University
- 1992 - 2006 Hospital Practitioner at the Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital
- 1992 - 2003 Director of the Alfred-Fessart Institute in Gif-sur-Yvette
- 1979 - 1992 Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bordeaux II
- 1978 - 1990 Head of the Inserm 176/CNRS "Neurobiology of Behaviours" unit at the Bordeaux University Hospital
- 1973 - 1978 Professor without a chair
Fields of Scholarship
- Interactions between hormones and the nervous system
- Neuroendocrinology
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 2003 Member of the French Academy of Medicine
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium (science class)
- Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
- 1981 La Caze Prize from the Academy of Sciences
- 1991 Blaise-Pascal prize
- 1996 Medicine and Culture Award from the Institute of Health Sciences
- 1998 Gold medal at the University of Prague
- 1999 Doctor honoris causa of the Free University of Brussels
- 2010 Honorary President of the Société historique et archéologique de Libourne
- Officer of the Légion d'Honneur
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Knight of the Ordre du Mérite Agricole
