{{Short description|Canadian medical researcher (1937–2019)}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Fernand Labrie |image = <!--(filename only)--> |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|06|28}} |birth_place = Laurierville, Quebec |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|01|16|1937|06|28}} |death_place = Quebec City, Quebec |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |ethnicity = |fields = |workplaces = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = Order of Canada<br>National Order of Quebec |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |signature_alt = |footnotes = }} '''Fernand Labrie''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ|MSRC}} (June 28, 1937 – January 16, 2019) was a Canadian medical researcher who specialized in endocrinological research and prostate cancer research.
== Life and career == Born in Laurierville, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957 from the Séminaire de Québec. He received his Doctor of Medicine in 1962 and a Ph.D. in 1966 from Université Laval. From 1966 to 1969, he took his postdoctoral studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sussex.<ref name="WhoWho">{{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997: Volume 32|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=0802049966|date=July 1997|editor=Elizabeth Lumley}}</ref>
In 1966, he joined the faculty of Université Laval as an assistant professor. In 1969 he was made an associate professor, and in 1974 he was made a full professor. In 1990, he was made the head of the Department of Physiology. In 1969, he was made the Director of the Molecular Endocrinology Research Centre.<ref name="WhoWho"/> Labrie died at the age of 81 in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Dr Fernand Labrie s'éteint à 81 ans |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1147433/deces-fernand-labrie-chercheur-scientifique-endoceutics-intrarosa-quebec |publisher=radio-canada.ca |access-date=17 January 2019 |language=fr |date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|authorlink1=Irwin Goldstein (sexologist) |last1=Goldstein |first1=Irwin |last2=Bélanger |first2=Alain |last3=Cusan |first3=Lionelo |last4=Archer |first4=David |last5=Nappi |first5=Rossella E. |last6=Portman |first6=David |last7=Jennifer |first7=Gudeman |title=In Memoriam: Fernand Labrie, June 28, 1937 – January 16, 2019 |journal=Sexual Medicine Reviews |date=January 2019 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=199–201 |doi=10.1016/j.sxmr.2019.02.007|s2cid=91188816 }}</ref>
==Honours== In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for being "one of the leading authorities in contemporary endocrinological research".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=916&t=12&ln=Labrie|title=Order of Canada citation|date=11 June 2018 }}</ref> In 1991, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 1990, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Michel-Sarrazin. In 1998, he was awarded the Izaak-Walton-Killam Award. In 2007, he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize.
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