Laurent Baud MD, PhD

Course and current status

Name :           Laurent BAUD, MD, PhD

Born :             september 2, 1948, Lyon, France

Address:        Service de Physiologie/Explorations Fonctionnelles Multidisciplinaires ; INSERM U702

                        Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris

Phone :           33 1 56 01 79 51

FAX :             33 1 56 01 70 03

E-mail :          laurent.baud@tnn.aphp.fr

Postgraduate training and positions held:

1966-1973      Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

1974-1976      Research fellow, INSERM Unit 64, Paris, France

1976-1978      Intern in Medicine, Clinique Medicale, Geneva, Switzerland

1978-1979      Resident in Pneumology, Département de Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

1979-1983      Assistant in Physiology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

1983-1985      Associate Professor of Physiology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

1986                           Special research Fellowship, Division of Allergy and Immunology, U.C., San Francisco, USA

1987-1989      Associate Professor of Physiology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

1989-              Professor of Physiology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

1996-              Director, Division of Physiology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France

Memberships and Board Certifications:

1980                European Society for Clinical Investigation

1983-              Société de Néphrologie

1984-               International Society of Nephrology

1988-               American Association of Immunologists

                        Association des Physiologistes/Société de Physiologie

1989-               Editorial Board, Kidney International

Committees :

1991-1995             Member, CNRS Committee # 26 (Fonctions du Vivant et Régulation)

1996-              Expert, Advisory Committee for Clinical Research (Délégation à la Recherche Clinique, AP-HP)

2003-2008      Member and Head, INSERM Committee # 5 (Systèmes Epithéliaux Normaux et Cancéreux)

Scientific summary

Studies focusing on inflammatory processes, mainly in kidney diseases.

Main inflammatory mediators analyzed: reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, eicosanoids, TNF, IL-10, calpains.