André Syrota#
| Membership Number: | 4378 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Syrota |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Adviser to the Administrator General of CEA
- 2014 - present Professor emeritus at the university Paris-Sud Orsay
- 2009 - 2014 President-Director general of the Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale (Inserm), France
- 2014 - present Chairman of the Institute of Cancer of Toulouse
- 2014 - present Chairman of the french-german institute of translational research, Ksilink
- 1987 - present Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of CYROI (cyclotron of Reunion island and Indian ocean)
- 2015 - present Chairman of the board of Cermep (Center for medical research with PET)
- 2014 - present Chairman of the board of Ceph (Center for study of human polymorphism)
- 2011 - 2013 Vice-president of Science Europe, Brussels
- 2009 - 2014 President of the Alliance nationale pour les sciences de la vie et de la santé (Aviesan), France
- 1993 - 2007 Director of Life sciences at the Commissariat d'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
- 1990 - 1993 Head of research department in imaging, pharmacology & physiology, Directorate of Life sciences, CEA, France
- 1989 - 1994 Director, joint CNRS 1285-CEA “Régulation of neurotransmission in living organisms” research unit, Orsay
- 1984 - 1997, 1999-2007 Chief of nuclear medicine division, Frédéric-Joliot Hospital and CEA, Orsay
- 1979 - 2015 Professeur of biophysics and nuclear medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, university Paris Sud Orsay
- (1979-2015) Medical consultant in biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, university Paris Sud
Fields of Scholarship
- Nuclear medicine
- Development of positron emission tomography for medicine and medical research
- Quantitative evaluation of cardiac and CNS receptors with PET
- Non-invasive human imaging techniques with positron-emitting isotopes and magnetic resonance
- Neurospin facility for neuroimaging research
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite, France
- 2013 Opening of the André Syrota "Clinical Research Center" on the Island of Réunion
- 2008 Officer of the Légion d'Honneur, France
- 2004 Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite, France
- 1999 Chevallier of the Légion d'Honneur, France
- Member of the French National Academy of Technology
