Lise Thiry

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Lise Thiry
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Born (1921-02-05) 5 February 1921 (age 100)
Liège, Belgium
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Liège
Academic work
InstitutionsPasteur Institute
Main interestsvirology

Lise Thiry (born 5 February 1921) is a Belgian scientist and politician. She has been voted one of the top 100 Belgians on a television show on the Belgian French-speaking public channel RTBF.

Early life and education[]

Lise Thiry was born in 1921 on 5 February in Liège. Her father was Marcel Thiry who was a leading French poet. She was one of three female students, in 1940, who studied medicine at the University of Liège. She graduated in 1946.

Career and research[]

She went on to research at the Pasteur Institute in Brussels. In 1951, she created a virology department. She developed a method of screening the AIDS virus.[1]

In 1990, she became a senator. In 2002, whilst championing the rights of asylum seekers she wrote Conversations with the Clandestine Ones.[2]

Thiry turned 100 in February 2021.[3]

Awards and honours[]

  • In 1990, she was voted "Woman of the Year".
  • In 2007, a 70 cent stamp featuring Thiry and the AIDS virus was created.[1]
  • In 2001, she was given the Walloon Merit at the rank of Commander.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Lise Thiry, AIDS on stamps, Retrieved 3 November 2015
  2. ^ Lise Thiry (2002). Conversation avec des clandestins. Cerisier. ISBN 978-2-87267-064-2.
  3. ^ "3x100 ans: quel événement!" (in French). 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ "Lise Thiry". connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

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