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Prof. Pierre Lefebvre
Pierre LEFEBVRE
Pierre Lefèbvre is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Liège , Belgium, where he has been Chairman of Medicine( 1988-2000 ) and Head of the Division of Diabetes , Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders ( 1970-2000 ).
His research has been devoted to the physiology and pathophysiology of metabolic regulations with particular emphasis on insulin, glucagon and physical exercise. He has performed numerous studies on the pathogeny and treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity .
Professor Lefèbvre is a member and former President of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Belgium, member of the National Academy of Medicine in France and of the Academia Europaea ; he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He has received numerous international awards including the Claude Bernard award of the EASD, the Paul Langerhans Award in Germany, the Mizuno Award in Japan , the Banting Memorial Lecture of Diabetes UK and the Novartis Award for long-standing achievement in Diabetes (2000) .
He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universities of Badajoz ( Spain ) , Laval (Québec, Canada ) , Helsinki ( Finland ) , Paris VI ( France ) , Cluj-Napoca (Romania ) and Athens (Greece )
Pierre Lefèbvre has been President of the Belgian Diabetes Association (ABD) , the ALFEDIAM and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
He served the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF ) as Vice-President , (1991-1997 ), Chairman of the IDF Education Foundation( from its beginning to 1997) and President-elect (2000-2003) . He became President of the IDF in August 2003 .
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 Where do we go from here?
english - 2005-04-16 - 33 minutes
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