Emile Louis Boulpaep (born 15 September 1938) is a Belgian physiologist and since 1977 President of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. He is a member of the board of the Francqui Foundation.

Education

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He studied medicine at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), where he received a medical degree in 1962. In 1987 he obtained an honorary M.A. from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]

Career

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Emile Boulpaep is Professor and Director of Medical & Graduate Studies in Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale University.[2] His research focuses on kidney tubule cells and cellular physiology.[3]

In collaboration with Walter Boron, Boulpaep has written and published a textbook on medical physiology.[4]

In 2020, he received the gold medal of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts for his work as the President of the Belgian American Educational Foundation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Emile Boulpaep, MD". Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Emile Boulpaep, MD". Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Emile Boulpaep, MD | Office of Cooperative Research". ocr.yale.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Medical Physiology - 9781455743773 | US Elsevier Health Bookshop". us.elsevierhealth.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Golden Medal for Emile Boulpaep". Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. KVAB. Retrieved 4 November 2024.