Lise Thiry
Lise Thiry is 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
Lise Thiry was born in 1921 on 5 February in Liege. 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 Liege. She graduated in 1946.Career and research
She 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.
In 1990, she became a senator. In 2002, whilst championing the rights of asylum seekers she wrote Conversations with the Clandestine Ones.- In 1990, she was voted "Woman of the Year".
- In 2007, a 70 cent stamp featuring Thiry and the AIDS virus was created.
- In 2001, she was given the Walloon Merit at the rank of Commander.
