# Fernand Labrie

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{{Short description|Canadian medical researcher (1937–2019)}}
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'''Fernand Labrie''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ|MSRC}} (June 28, 1937 – January 16, 2019) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) medical researcher who specialized in [endocrinological](/source/endocrinological) research and [prostate](/source/prostate) [cancer research](/source/cancer_research).

== Life and career ==
Born in [Laurierville, Quebec](/source/Laurierville%2C_Quebec), he received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in 1957 from the Séminaire de Québec. He received his [Doctor of Medicine](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) in 1962 and a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in 1966 from [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval). From 1966 to 1969, he took his postdoctoral studies at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) and the [University of Sussex](/source/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](/source/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](/source/National_Order_of_Quebec). In 1990, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's [Prix Michel-Sarrazin](/source/Prix_Michel-Sarrazin). In 1998, he was awarded the [Izaak-Walton-Killam Award](/source/Izaak-Walton-Killam_Award). In 2007, he was awarded the [King Faisal International Prize](/source/King_Faisal_International_Prize).

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