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Lise Thiry

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Lise Thiry
Born(1921-02-05)5 February 1921
Liège, Belgium
Died16 January 2024(2024-01-16) (aged 102)
Waterloo, Belgium
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Liège
Academic work
InstitutionsPasteur Institute
Main interestsVirology

Lise Thiry (5 February 1921 – 16 January 2024) was 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

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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

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Thiry 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 (HIV).[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] and died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 102.[4][5]

Awards and honours

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  • 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.[6]

References

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  1. ^ 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). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "La virologue belge Lise Thiry, célèbre pour ses recherches sur le sida et son engagement politique, est décédée à l'âge de 102 ans". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Lise Thiry". lesfunérailles.be. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Lise Thiry". connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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