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Prix de la Conférence Sarrazin

Mis à jour le 23 Novembre, 2007

The Sarrazin lectureship was initiated in 1976, by the Society for a "Distinguished Speaker" to give a 1 hour lecture to the Society at its meeting and that the Lectureship would be called the "Sarrazin Lecture" in recognition of "the First Canadian Physiologist". Although nominations were initially solicited from the membership and the Lecturer selected by the Executive, it was subsequently felt appropriate for the outgoing President of the Society to be charged with making the selection of the speaker for the subsequent Annual Meeting. The first Sarrazin Lecturer was Dr. Harold Copp, who presented his lecture at the Winter Meeting of the Society in 1977.

The 2008 Sarrazin Lecturer is Quentin Pittman, University of Calgary. The 2008 Lecture will be given at the CPS Winter Meeting, Château Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, 23 - 26 January, 2008




Doctor Michel Sarrazin
"The First Canadian Physiologist"
1659-1734

2008 Sarrazin Lecturer

Dr. Quentin Pittman, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Calgary and a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, is a leading researcher in the field of Neuroimmunology. His research ranges from studies on synaptic physiology of neuroendocrine and peptide systems to studies on the brain’s response to infection and how this affects both short and long term immune responses both in the newborn and the adult.
Dr. Pittman received his BSc from the University of Lethbridge and his PhD from the University of Calgary. He then held postdoctoral fellowships at the McGill University with Leo Renaud and subsequently at the Salk Institute with Floyd Bloom. He then returned to the University of Calgary as a faculty member and rose rapidly to full professor. He has held MRC Scholar, Scientist and Senior Scientist awards and is currently a Heritage Medical Scientist. He is a past president of the Canadian Physiological Society and currently is a Councillor of the International Union of Physiological Sciences. He is Education Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and an Associate editor of the AJP-Reg., Integrat. Comp Physiol and J Neuroendocrinol.

Dr. Quentin Pittman
University of Calgary
Dr. Pittman carried out pioneering neurophysiological studies on peptide neurotransmitters and most recently has focused upon the interactions between dendritically released peptide transmitters and retrograde signalling molecules such as the endocannabinoids. His work on brain control of body temperature and fever has led to the development of the concept that there are complex interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system. Thus, centres in the brain can help regulate how the body fights infection. More recently his work has indicated that immune challenges in the neonate can affect how the same animal will respond to a similar challenge as an adult and how these can even alter other aspects of adult physiology and behavior.

Sarrazin Lecturers

Number Year Name
1. 1977 Harold Copp
2. 1978 Louis Jaques
3. 1979 Hank MacIntosh
4. 1980 Herbert Jasper
5. 1981 Hans Selye
6. 1982 Aron Rappaport
7. 1983 Jack Kraicer
8. 1984 Kresimir Krnjevic
9. 1985 Hugh McLennan
10. 1986 Keith Cooper
11. 1987 Henry Friesen
12. 1988 Vivian Abrahams
13. 1989 John Brown
14. 1990 Fernand Labrie
15. 1991 Gordon Mogenson
16. 1992 Yves Lamarre
17. 1993 Andrew French
18. 1994 John Ledsome
19. 1995 Jack Diamond
20. 1996 Geza Hetenyi
21. 1997 John Szerb
22. 1998 Leo Renaud
23. 1999 Michel Bergeron
24. 2000 James Lund
25. 2001 Richard Stein
26. 2002 G. Melville Jones
27. 2003 Harold Atwood
28. 2004 John Challis
29. 2005 Alison Buchan
30. 2006 Alvin Shrier
31. 2007 Keir G Pearson
32. 2008 Quentin Pittman