About the Chair

Jean-Pierre Després

Awards and Distinctions


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“Prix Pierre et Céline Lhermite,” Académie nationale de médecine, France, 2006

“Prix des fondateurs Jean-Davignon et Paul-Lupien,” Société québécoise de lipidologie, de nutrition et de métabolisme (SQLNM), 2006

JCE&M/Pharmacia Prize, The Endocrine Society, 2001

Eli Lilly Career Award, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 1999

Simon Pierre Noël Speaker, Canadian Lipoprotein Conference, 1999

John Sutton Memorial Award, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 1999

Harold Segall Award, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, 1999

Young Scientist Award, Canadian Diabetes Association, Clinical & Scientific Section, 1997

New Investigator Award, American College of Sports Medicine, 1990

Young Investigator Award, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 1986-1987

Post-doctoral Fellow, Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, 1984-1986 

Fonds FCAC (Quebec), National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1983-1984


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