The Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is a Belgian non-profit organization which was founded on 1 March 1974.

History

The foundation was born by the initiative of Count

Alfred de Baillet Latour Alfred, Count de Baillet Latour (1901 – 28 September 1980) was a Belgian count. End of the House of Baillet Alfred was the last grandson of Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour, Governor of Antwerp and a nephew of Henri II, Count de Baillet-Latour ...

, who was the Director of the Artois Breweries in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. He was the last male heir of the old

House of Baillet Baillet or de Baillet or Baillet von Latour is a former Belgian nobility, Belgian noble family. The house is divided into different branches, the most famous were the Counts of Baillet-Latour. History The title of Count of Baillet was created by ...

, and was by motherside related to the

House of Spoelberch The House of Spoelberch is an old Belgian noble house, they are titled Viscount de Spoelberch. The family is legally recognised as being part of the nobility of the Belgian kingdom. History The genealogy of this family can be traced back to ...

, who own the Artois Company. In 1995 the name was changed in ''Interbrew-Baillet Latour Foundation'' and in 2005, the name was changed to ''InBev-Baillet Latour Fund''. The Foundation wants to encourage and reward achievements of outstanding human value in the Arts and Sciences. It can do this by means of Prizes, or by any other means that the Foundation might deem appropriate.

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

The Artois-Baillet Latour Health Prize was established in 1977 to be awarded periodically to recognize the merits of a person whose work has contributed prominently to the improvement of human health in the fields of metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, neurological diseases, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Since 2000 the prize has been awarded annually. Worth 250,000 euros, it is Belgium's major scientific prize. Since 2005, it has been known as the InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize.

Health Prize Laureates

Source: Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (Belgium)
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, University of Paris-Sud and Professor

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(cancer) :2017 Professor , Zürich University (neurological disorders) :2016 Professor

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(infectious diseases) :2015 Professor

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(metabolic disorders) :2014 Professor ,

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(cardiovascular disease) :2013 Professor

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(cancer) :2012 Professor

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(neurological disorders) :2011 Professor ,

(infectious diseases) :2010 Professor

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:2009 Professor

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and Professor , University of Kuopio :2008 Professor

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, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research,

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, United States of America :2007 Professor ,

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for Medical Research,

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:2006 Professor

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(MIT), United States of America :2005 Professors

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and

Peter Carmeliet Peter, Baron Carmeliet (; born 1959) is a Belgian physician and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). He is also Adjunct Director of the '' VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven''. Among his research interests are ...

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and the VIB, Belgium :2004 Professor ,

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, Italy :2003 Professor

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, United States of America :2001 Dr , Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, ''Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu'',

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, the Netherlands :2000 Professors and ,

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, Belgium :1999 Professor of the Université Libre de Bruxelles,

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, Belgium :1997 Professor

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, Weizmann Institute of Science,

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, Israel. :1995 Professor

Roger Tsien Roger Yonchien Tsien (pronounced , "'' CHEN''"'';'' February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego and was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

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, Switzerland :1991 Professor ,

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, Bethesda, United States of America :1989 Professor Walter Fiers, University of Ghent, Belgium :1987 Professors and Tomas Hökfelt (

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, Sweden) :1985 Professor Johannes J. van Rood, the Netherlands :1983 Professor Jean Bernard, France :1981 Sir Cyril A. Clarke, Great Britain :1979 Sir

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, Great Britain

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InBev-Baillet Latour
Medicine awards Foundations based in Belgium Organizations established in 1974 Awards established in 1979 Belgian awards

History

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

Health Prize Laureates

See also

References

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