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*    1994: Jean Hamburger Prize of the City of Paris
*    1994: Jean Hamburger Prize of the City of Paris
*    1999: Jean-Pierre-Lecocq Prize from the French Academy of sciences
*    1999: Jean-Pierre-Lecocq Prize from the [[French Academy of Sciences]]
*    1999: Eloi-Collery Prize of the National Academy of Medicine
*    1999: Eloi-Collery Prize of the [[Académie Nationale de Médecine|National Academy of Medicine]]
*    2000: Grand Prix de l'Inserm<ref name="histoire.inserm p2" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Prix Inserm|url=https://histoire.inserm.fr/de-l-inh-a-l-inserm/les-prix-inserm/prix-de-2000-a-2005|date=}}</ref>
*    2000: Grand Prix de l'Inserm<ref name="histoire.inserm p2" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Prix Inserm|url=https://histoire.inserm.fr/de-l-inh-a-l-inserm/les-prix-inserm/prix-de-2000-a-2005|date=}}</ref>
*    2001: Jean Bernard Prize from the Fondation pour la recherche médicale
*    2001: Jean Bernard Prize from the Fondation pour la recherche médicale
*    2003: Member of the [[Institut Universitaire de France|Institut universitaire de France]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Institut Universitaire de France|url=http://www.iufrance.fr/les-membres-de-liuf/membre/109.html|agency=[[Institut universitaire de France]]|date=}}</ref>
*    2003: Member of the [[Institut Universitaire de France]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Institut Universitaire de France|url=http://www.iufrance.fr/les-membres-de-liuf/membre/109.html|agency=[[Institut universitaire de France]]|date=}}</ref>
*    2004: Member of the Frecnh Academy of sciences<ref>{{cite web|title=Académie des sciences|url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-M/arnold-munnich.html|agency=[[Académie des sciences (France)|Académie des Sciences]]|date=}}</ref>
*    2004: Member of the Frecnh Academy of sciences<ref>{{cite web|title=Académie des sciences|url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-M/arnold-munnich.html|agency=[[Académie des sciences (France)|Académie des Sciences]]|date=}}</ref>
*    2007: Winner of the European Society of Human Genetics Award
*    2007: Winner of the European Society of Human Genetics Award

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Arnold Munnich (born 9 October 1949, in Paris), is a French paediatrician-geneticist. He is the creator and head of the department of medical genetics at the Necker-Enfants malades hospital in Paris. He was an advisor to the President of the Republic from 2007 to 2012[1] and a member of the Scientific Council of the AMMi Association.

Scientific background

After a doctorate in medicine (1979) and a science thesis (1988) at the Institut Cochin in the U129 unit then headed by Axel Kahn, he was appointed Professor of Genetics at the University of Paris-Descartes in 1989. He has been head of the Inserm unit "Genetic handicaps of the child" since 1990, succeeding Jean Frézal, where he had done his clinic (1986-1990) at the Necker Hospital in Paris.

After Nicolas Sarkozy was elected President of the French Republic, Arnold Munnich was appointed Advisor to the President for Biomedical Research and Health.[2]

Arnold Munnich has tried to use molecular genetics in paediatrics and to reconcile clinical and molecular genetics. He is the co-founder and current president of the Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases[3] and a member of the Scientific Council of the AMMi Association.

Distinctions

  •    1994: Jean Hamburger Prize of the City of Paris
  •    1999: Jean-Pierre-Lecocq Prize from the French Academy of Sciences
  •    1999: Eloi-Collery Prize of the National Academy of Medicine
  •    2000: Grand Prix de l'Inserm[1][4]
  •    2001: Jean Bernard Prize from the Fondation pour la recherche médicale
  •    2003: Member of the Institut Universitaire de France[5]
  •    2004: Member of the Frecnh Academy of sciences[6]
  •    2007: Winner of the European Society of Human Genetics Award
  •    2009: Winner of the Gagna & Van Heck Award of the Belgian National Research Fund
  •    2012: Winner of the British Society of Human Genetics Carter Award
  •    2013: Officier of the Légion d'Honneur[7]
  •    2014: Jean-Bernard Grand Prize of the City of Paris

Books

  •    La Rage d'espérer. La génétique au quotidien, Plon Publishing, 1999 (ISBN 2259189849)
  •    Programmé mais libre, Plon Editions, 2016 (ISBN 2259230091)

He is the author or co-author of more than 700 scientific publications.[8][9]

References