Jean-Claude Henquin#
| Membership Number: | 2065 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1992 Full Professor of Physiology, University of Louvain Fac Medicine, Brussels
- 1985-1992 Guest Professor, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar
- 1981-1992 Research Associate and then Research Director of the FNRS (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Louvain, Brussels
- 1980 PhD (Agrégation de l'Enseignement Supérieur = Habilitation): University of Louvain Fac Medicine, Brussels
- 1971 M.D. University of Louvain, Leuven
Fields of Scholarship
- Medicine
- Physiology
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes
- Pancreatic islet function
- Insulin secretion
Honours and Awards
- 2008 AE Renold Prize of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Rome
- 2005 Quinquennal J Maisin Prize (Fundamental Biomedical Sciences), Brussels
- 2002 European Morgagni Prize (Metabolism), Padova
- 1998 Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine
- 1988 Prize L. Dautrebande (Physiopathology) shared with Th Godfraind, Brussels
- 1986 Prix Apollinaire Bouchardat (Scientific Research in the Field of Diabetes), Paris
- 1985 Galien Prize (Experimental Pharmacology), Brussels
