Brigitte Kieffer

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Full Name	Brigitte Kieffer
Occupation	Neurobiologist
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1958(1958-02-26)
Age	66
Birthplace	Clichy
Country	France
Horoscope	Pisces

Brigitte Kieffer Biography

Brigitte Kieffer is one of the most popular and richest Neurobiologist who was born on February 26, 1958 in Clichy, France. Dr. Brigitte Kieffer (born February 26, 1958) is a French molecular neurobiologist known for her research of opiate receptors. Her areas of expertise include: molecular psychiatry, addiction, mood disorders, pain, and developmental disorders. Dr. Kieffer has international reputation in the field of opiate receptors, and has paved the way for better understanding of brain mechanisms involved in pain, mental illness, and drug addiction. She continues to pursue research and directs a team of over 300 people. Her discoveries have shed light on how substances like morphine or heroin can kill pain, and foster addiction.

In 2004 she won the Richard Lounsberry Prize from the Institut de France de l’Académie des Sciences. In 2012 Dr. Kieffer won the Lamonica Prize for Neurology from the French Académie des sciences. At the end of 2013 she became a member of the French Academy of Sciences. On March 19, 2014 she received the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award at the UNESCO building in Paris, France. She received the award for her “for her decisive work on the brain mechanisms involved in pain, mental illness and drug addiction”. The award is bestowed by the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO recognizes exceptional career paths and contributions of women scientists worldwide. Brigitte Kieffer was selected as the winner for Europe for her work completed at IGBMC in Strasbourg, France.

Brigitte Kieffer Net Worth

Brigitte Kieffer is one of the richest Neurobiologist from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brigitte Kieffer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1992, Kieffer succeeded in “first to clone and isolate the gene for an opioid receptor in the brain that plays a key role in alleviating pain, a puzzle which scientists around the world had been attempting to solve for the previous fifteen years. Her findings led the way to new treatments for fighting pain, addiction and depression”. The gene she isolated encoded for an opioid receptor that can reduce pain, generate pleasure, and help cope with stress. The receptors can be activated by drugs, which can cause addictions. Better knowledge of the way that these receptors function can help scientists understand addictions, mood disorders, and mental illness.

Kieffer became a professor at her alma mater which was the University of Strasbourg, in France. She left the university to become the Research Director of the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM). In 2001 she returned to Strasbourg where she continued her research at the Institut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IGBMC). The following year Kieffer directed IGBMC until 2013. In January 2014 she took up the Monique H. Bourgeois Chair in Pervasive Developmental Disorder becoming a Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal as well as the Scientific Director of the Research Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

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Brigitte Ranked on the list of most popular Neurobiologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Brigitte Kieffer celebrates birthday on February 26 of every year.