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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, presented this important new scientific award for the first time in 2010.

The award is named after the late Pierre Delmas, Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of Lyon, France, Director of the INSERM research unit “Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis”. He 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 scientists chosen within the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors and ESCEO Scientific Advisory Board.

2010 Pierre Delmas Prize

Professor Pierre Jean Meunier (left) accepts award from ESCEO President J-Y. Reginster
The first Pierre Delmas Prize: An ESCEO-IOF/Servier Achievement Award was awarded to Professor Pierre Jean Meunier, Professor Emeritus at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, France. In presenting the award, ESCEO President Professor Jean-Yves Reginster lauded Professor Meunier for his influential work in the field of osteoporosis and rheumatic diseases as well as his eminent role as a mentor and editor in the bone arena. Professor Meunier has published more than 370 scientific manuscripts and books, and is recipient of several important awards including the IBMS John Haddad Prize and the ASBMR Frederic C. Bartter Award. He was named Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, awarded by the French government for services in education. Among many notable positions, Professor Meunier was the President of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (from 1990-1996), Founder and Director of an INSERM Research Unit on the pathology of calcified tissue, Founding Board Member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and Founder and Honorary President of the Groupe de Recherche et d’Informations sur les Ostéoporoses (GRIO).
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