Jean-Marc Cavaillon

Jean-Marc Cavaillon is honorary professor of Institut Pasteur where he made his whole career after his post-doctoral training at the University of Toronto (Canada). He has been head of a research Unit “Cytokines & Inflammation” (2001-2017), director of the Department “Infection and Epidemiology” (2006-2009), and president of the Evaluation Committee of the Scientists of Institut Pasteur (2012-2015). He has been president of the “International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society” (1998-2000), and president of the “European Shock Society” (2016-2018). He has been Associate-Editor of Cytokine (2002-2009), Associate-Editor of Shock (2014-2019) and member of different Editorial Boards of journals (e.g. Journal of Infectious Diseases, Frontiers in Immunology, Scientific Reports, Journal of Intensive Medicine). He is presently scientific officer at the French National Research Agency in charge of the Covid-19 programs and the antibioresistance program.
He has been very much involved in local and international teaching, and was director of the course “General Immunology and Immunophysiology of Infections” (Inst. Pasteur; 1997-2003). He has an extensive expertise on inflammation, sepsis, septic shock, and innate immunity, particularly on cytokines, macrophages and on bacterial endotoxins. He has been very much involved in translational research, studying the immune status of patients with sepsis and other severe inflammatory disorders.
Prof. Jean-Marc Cavaillon has published 170 scientific articles, 114 reviews and 59 chapters in books (h-index = 63). He wrote different books: the very first book in French on cytokines (1993, 1996). A book “Sepsis and non-infectious systemic inflammation” with Dr. C. Adrie (2009); a book in 4 volumes “Inflammation – From molecular and cellular mechanisms to the clinic” with Prof. Mervyn Singer (2018), and a book in French “La flamme salvatrice. Il était une fois l’inflammation” (2017). He has written different historical articles on some giants of sciences (Metchnikoff, Boivin, Ruffer, Bizzozero, Semmelweis, & Bordet).

Degrees
1980 Doctorat ès-Sciences (Dr.Sc. Immunology) – University Paris VI
1977 Doctorat de 3e cycle (PhD, Immunology) – University Paris VII
1975 Master of Immunology – Institut Pasteur

Position and employment

2013-present  Scientific Advisor within the Scientific Council of Institut Pasteur du Maroc (Casablanca)

2012-2015 President of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Scientists of Institut Pasteur

2008-present Professor (Institut Pasteur)
2006-2009  Director of the Department “Infection and Epidemiology” (Institut Pasteur)
2001-present  Head of Unit “Cytokines & Inflammation” (Institut Pasteur)                                  1999-2008  Scientific advisor – Scientific Council of the Cantacuzino Inst. (Bucharest)            1991-2007     Associate-Professor (Inst. Pasteur)
1984-1990    Assistant-Professor (Inst. Pasteur)
1993              Sabbatical term at the New England Medical Center, Boston, USA
1981-1983     Assistant (Inst. Pasteur)
1979-1980     Fellow of the Roux Foundation (Inst. Pasteur)
1977-1979     Fellow of the Medical Reasearch Council of Canada (University of Toronto)
1976-1977     Fellow of the Roux Foundation (Inst. Pasteur)

Teaching Activities

2017             Co-director Course “Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases” (Inst. Pasteur)            1997-2002  Director Course “General Immunology and Immunophysiology of Infections” (Inst. Pasteur)
1994-1997  Deputy-Director of the course “General Immunology” (Institut Pasteur)
1987-1994  Head of Praticals works of the course “General Immunology” (Institut Pasteur)
1992–present  Numerous courses given in French Universities and abroad (Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, China, Lebanon, Uruguay, Romania, Hong-Kong, Algeria, South-Korea, Italy, Estonia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Peru)

Journal Editorial Boards (member)

2016-Present     “Scientific Reports”; General Reanimatology (Russia)                                    2015-present     “Frontiers in Immunology” (Molecular Innate Immunity)                           2014-Present      Associate-Editor (Europe) “Shock”                                                               2013-present      “Open Access Inflammation”                                                                               2011-present      “World Journal of Experimental Medicine”                                                     2010-present     “Romanian Archives of Microbiology and Immunology”
2009-present    “International Journal of Inflammation”
2009-present    “Journal of Medical Sciences” (Taiwan)
2007-present    “The Open Immunology Journal”
2007-present    “The Open Critical Care Medicine Journal”
2006-present    “American Journal of Surgery”
2004-present    “Journal of Infectious Diseases”
2002-2009        Associate-Editor of “Cytokine”
2002-present   “European Cytokine Network”
1999-present   “Shock”
1994-present   “Innate Immunity” (former Journal of Endotoxin Research)

Other experience and professional membership
2016-2017   President of the European Shock Society
2002-2006 Director of the “Euroconférences” (Institut Pasteur)
1998-2000 President of the “International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society”

Publications
162 peer-reviewed publications, 92 reviews, 50 chapters in books, and three books. H index = 55

International invited lectures
n = 90 since 2000

Prizes and awards

2014      Honorary Lifetime Membership (International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society)     2013      Knight of the Legion of Honor (France)                                                                                     2012      Sheldon Greisman Award (International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society)               2008      Cátedra “Dr. Jesús Kumate Rodríguez” (University of Guadalajara, Mexico)                           1990      Prix “Allergie 2000” (Schering-Plough)