Théophile Godfraind#
| Membership Number: | 985 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1991 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - present President and Founding Father, Belgian College of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Brussels, Belgium
- 2000, 2001 Invited Professor, University of Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1999 Invited Professor, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1996 - present Professor Emeritus, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- 1996 - present Coordinator of Research in Experimental Pharmacology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1994 - 1998 President, International Union of Pharmacology, Irvine, CA, United States
- 1987 - 1994 Secretary General, International Union of Pharmacology, Irvine, CA, United States
- 1983 - 1994 President, Centre d'Etudes Bioethiques de Bruxelles, Belgium
- 1976 - present Member of the Medical Ethical Committee, Fonds National de la Recherche, Brussels, Belgium
- 1971 - present, Secretary General, Belgian Society of Clinical and Experimental Physiology and Pharmacology, Leuven, Belgium
- 1966 - present Director of Research in Experimental Pharmacology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium
- 1966 - 1996 Ordinary Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium
- 1964 - 1966, Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium
- 1964 - 1996 Director, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratoryof Pharmacology, Brussels, Belgium
- 1958 - 1964 Professor of Pharmacology, University Lovanium, Kinshasa, Zaire Dem Rep Congo
Fields of Scholarship
- Genomic action and the tissue selectivity of calcium channel blockers
- Tissue remodelling and the expression of related genes observed in diseases of the cardiovascular system
Honours and Awards
- 2002 Fellow American Heart Association
- 2000 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universite Henri Poincaré, Nancy
- 1998 Honorary Member, British Pharmacological Society
- 1997 Honorary Member, Italian Society of Pharmacology
- 1997 Golden Medal, Slovak Academy of Sciences
- 1997 Medicine & Europe Prize, Institut des Sciences de la Santé, France
- 1995 Honorary Member, Slovack Society of Pharmacology
- 1994 President, International Union of Pharmacology
- 1991 1991 ASPET Award, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- 1991 Honorary Member, Societe de Biologie, France
- 1990 Elected Secretary General, International Union of Pharmacology
- 1988 International Prize, Fondation de Physiopathologie Professeur Lucien Dautrebande
- 1987 Peter Debye Prize, University of Limburg, Maastricht
- 1987 Elected Secretary General, International Union of Pharmacology
- 1984 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
- 1982 Laureat du Prix Smith Kline-RIT
- 1973 Laureat du Prix Quinquennal des Sciences Therapeutiques
- 1967 Laureat du Prix J. F. Heymans
- 1955 Laureat du Concours des Bourses de Voyage
- 1955 Laureat du Prix Specia
