Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, insɛʁm) (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) is a French

France

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 biomedical and public health

Public health

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 research institution.

Medical research organisation

Created in 1964

1964 in science

The year 1964 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.-Astronomy and space exploration:* March 20 - The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO is established .* July 31 - Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon; images...

, the INSERM is a public institution with a scientific and technical vocation under the dual auspices of the Ministry of Health

Minister of Health (France)

Minister of Health and Solidarity is currently a cabinet position in the Government of France. The health portfolio oversees the healthcare public services and the health insurance part of the French Social Security...

 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.

INSERM Awards

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.

Laureates of the three major prizes

Year	Grand Prix	Prix d'Honneur	Prix Étranger
2010	Didier Raoult Didier Raoult Didier Raoult is a French biology researcher. He hold MD and PhD degrees, and specializes in infectious diseases. He "is classified among the first ten French researchers by the journal Nature, for the number of his publications and for his citations number, as it was reported in 2008 by the...	Eliane Gluckman	Denis Duboule Denis Duboule Denis Duboule is a Swiss-French biologist. He has notably worked on the Hox genes involved in development of limbs.- Biography :Duboule obtained a PhD from University of Geneva in 1984....
2009 2009 in science The year 2009 in science and technology involved numerous significant events and discoveries, some of which are listed below. 2009 was designated the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations.-Events and discoveries:...	Yehezkel Ben-Ari	Nicole Le Douarin	Nora Volkow Nora Volkow Nora Volkow is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse . She is the great-granddaughter of Russian revolutionary leader and Head of the Fourth International, Leon Trotsky. Her father was the son of Leon Trotsky’s elder daughter.Born in Mexico City, Volkow and her three sisters grew up...
2008 2008 in science The year 2008 in science and technology involved some significant events and discoveries, some of which are listed below.-Events and discoveries:...	Alain Fischer	Alim-Louis Benabid	Tomas Lindahl Tomas Lindahl Tomas Robert Lindahl FRS is a Swedish scientist specialising in cancer research.He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
2007 2007 in science The year 2007 in science and technology involved many significant events.-Astronomy and space exploration:* January 12 - Comet C/2006 P1 reaches perihelion and becomes visible during daylight....	Christine Petit	Pierre Ducimetière	Mina Bissel
2006 2006 in science The year 2006 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:*January 25 - The discovery of the planet OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing is announced by PLANET/RoboNet, OGLE and MOA...	Pierre Corvol	Ketty Schwartz	Zhu Chen Zhu Chen Zhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:...
2005 2005 in science The year 2005 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* April 8 – Total solar eclipse*February 23 – Astronomers announce the discovery of a galaxy, VIRGOHI21, that consists almost entirely of dark matter...	Bernard Malissen	Jacques Glowinski	David P. Lane David P. Lane Sir David Philip Lane FRS, FRSE FRCPath is a British oncologist. He is best known for his work on the p53 tumour suppressor protein. Besides his position at the University of Dundee, he also founded the Cyclacel biotechnology company and is the Chief Scientist of Cancer Research UK.He was made a...
2004 2004 in science The year 2004 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Anthropology:*October 27 - Remains of a previously unknown species of human is discovered in Indonesia...	Jean-Marc Egly	Pierre Chambon	Harvey Alter
2003 2003 in science The year 2003 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Anthropology:*March 13 – The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints have been found in Italy.-Astronomy:...	Miroslav Radman Miroslav Radman Miroslav Radman is a prominent Croatian biologist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Radman's specialty is DNA repair; in 1974 he discovered the SOS response...	not created	not created
2002 2002 in science The year 2002 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy and space exploration:* February 19 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system....	Monique Capron	not created	not created
2001 2001 in science The year 2001 in science and technology involved many events, some of which are included below.-Astronomy and space exploration:* The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lands in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid....	Yves Agid	not created	not created
2000 2000 in science The year 2000 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy and space exploration:* May 4 – A rare conjunction occurs on the New Moon including all seven of the traditional celestial bodies known from ancient times up until 1781 with the discovery of Uranus...	Arnold Munnich	not created	not created

External links

• Inserm website (English)
• http://insertech.simdif.com