Didier Raoult
| Didier Raoult | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1952 |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions |
IHU Méditerranée Infection La Timone Hospital, AP-HM Aix-Marseille University |
Didier Raoult (born on March 13, 1952) is a French biologist. He holds MD and PhD degrees, and specializes in infectious diseases.
In 1984, Didier Raoult created ex nihilo the Rickettsia Unit at Aix-Marseille University (AMU). He also teaches infectious diseases in the Faculty of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University, and since 1982 has supervised many M.D. and PhD degrees.
Since 2008, professor Raoult has been the director of "URMITE" i.e. the Research Unit in Infectious and Tropical Emergent Diseases, collaborating with CNRS (National Center for the Scientific Research), IRD (Research for the Development Institute), INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and the Aix Marseille University, in Marseille. His laboratory employs more than 200 people, including 86 very active researchers who publish between 250 and 350 papers per year and have produced more than 50 patents. Didier Raoult is also involved in the creation of 8 startups to date.
Didier Raoult initiated the construction of a new building to host the Institut Hospitalo Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection, thanks to the highest grant available in France for medical research (73 million euros granted by the National Agency for Research). The IHU Mediterranée Infection, which opened in early 2017, is dedicated to the management and study of infectious diseases and combines diagnostic, care, research and teaching activities in one place.
On November 19, 2010, he was awarded the Inserm 2010 Grand Prix for his entire career.
He is "classified among the first ten French researchers by the journal Nature, for the number of his publications (a credit of more than two thousand) and for his citations number, as it was reported in 2008 by the daily economic newspaper resuming his work".
According to the Thomson Reuters source "Highly Cited Researchers List", Didier Raoult is among the most influential researchers in his field and his publications are among the 1% most consulted in academic journals. He is one of the 99 most cited microbiologists in the world and one of the 73 most highly cited French scientists. He is a world reference for Q fever and Whipple’s disease. In April 2017, on Google Scholar citations, he cumulated over 104,000 citations and an h index of 148. He is also on the list of the 400 most cited authors in the biomedical world.
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