Michel Goldman (born 1 January 1955) is a Belgian

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who specialized in internal medicine and

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Biography

Michel Goldman graduated as a

(1978) from Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, and received his PhD in medical sciences (1981) from

Université de Genève The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

, Switzerland. He is board certified in internal medicine (1984) and clinical biology (1993). From 1990 to 2008, he heads the Department of Immunology-Hematology-Transfusion at Erasme Hospital in Brussels, and from 2004 to 2009 serves as the first Director of the Institute for Medical Immunology built on the Charleroi campus of ULB, with the support of GSKBiologicals and the Walloon Region. In 2009, Michel Goldman becomes the first executive director of the

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(IMI) a joint undertaking between the

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and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. Managing a budget of €2 billion, he has been responsible for the launch of 59 public-private consortia in areas of major importance, including antimicrobial resistance, Alzheimer's dementia, cancer, diabetes, immuno-inflammatory disorders, autism, chronic pulmonary diseases and drug safety. Michel Goldman is Professor Emeritus in Immunology at ULB. He is a member of the Board of the Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, and of the Board of the Friends of the Global Fund Europe. Starting from September 2015, Michel Goldman is leading the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3h), a ULB centre that has the mission of fostering research, education and outreach networks for the benefit of patients and other stakeholders. In January 2016 Michel Goldman has been appointed as the Field Chief Editor of

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Awards and recognition

*1992: Medical Prize Lucien Steinberg (shared with Pr. Peter Piot) *1999: Francqui Chair at the University of Namur *2000: Quinquiennal Prize of the Belgian

National Fund for Scientific Research The National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR) (Dutch: ''Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek'' (NFWO), French: ''Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique'' (FNRS)) was once a government institution in Belgium for supporting scient ...

for Clinical Sciences *2001: Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam *2003: Francqui Chair at the University of Liège *2006: Highly Cited Scientist recognition by the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information *2007:

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degree of the University of Lille 2

Selected publications

Biomedical Research

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Research and innovation policy

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References

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