Michel Fardeau#
| Membership Number: | 1676 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1990 - 2022 Full Professor in the Chair of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, dedicated to the Social Integration of People with Disabilities
- 1979 Research Director, CNRS
- 1959 Trainee, CNRS
- 1967 - 1968 Research Fellow of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) in Bethesda (USA)
Fields of Scholarship
- Myology
- Medical pathology
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Chevalier, Ordre national du Mérite
- 1985 Grand Prize of the Athena-Institut de France Foundation
- 1986 - 1990 Member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee
- 1989 Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur, Officier (1998)
- 1991 Duchenne-Erb Prize of the Deutsche Gesellschaft Bekämfung der Muskelkrankheiten
- 1995 International Prize "Gaetano Conte" (Basic Research)
- 1996 Premio Ottorino Rossi, Pavia
- 1995 Corresponding Member of the American Neurological Association
- 1996 Member of the French Academy of sciences
- 1996 Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences (Section of Biological and Medical Sciences)
- 1996 Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1999 Full Member of the French Academy of Technologies (Emeritus 2000)
- 2000 - 2003 Chairman of the Ethics Committee in Medical Research and Health
- 2000 Swedish Society of Medicine Medal
- 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award (World Federation of Neurology)
- 2013 Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris
- 2014 Grand Medal of the French Academy of Medicine
- 2004 Honorary doctor of the University of Mons Hainaut
