Pierre Delmas Prize

The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), with the support of Servier, are pleased to announce an important new scientific award: The Pierre Delmas Prize, to be presented for the first time in 2010.

Pierre Delmas, Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of Lyon, France, Director of the INSERM research unit “Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis”, was an outstanding scientist who directed essential basic and clinical research in metabolic bone diseases, particularly in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. As the Founding President of the IOF he had a profound impact on the development of the global osteoporosis community.

The Pierre Delmas Prize will be awarded every year to an individual for outstanding and major scientific contributions to the study of bone and mineral diseases, and consists of a grant of € 40 000 and a medal.

The Prize Committee will be composed of remarkable scientists chosen within the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors and ESCEO Scientific Advisory Board. The first Pierre Delmas Prize will be awarded in May 2010 during the IOF WCO - ECCEO Congress to be held in Florence, Italy.

Deadline for applications: February 1, 2010
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