René Mornex (12 August 1927 – 11 April 2022) was a French doctor and academic. He is honorary dean of the Faculty of Medicine of University of Lyon and pioneer of

endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...

, more particularly of

neuroendocrinology Neuroendocrinology is the branch of biology (specifically of physiology) which studies the interaction between the nervous system and the endocrine system; i.e. how the brain regulates the hormonal activity in the body. The nervous and endocrine ...

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1927 births 2022 deaths 20th-century French physicians French academics University of Lyon alumni Academic staff of the University of Lyon Physicians from Lyon {{France-med-bio-stub