The French Society for Immunology
Since 1966, SFI has brought together and represented the French immunology community. Discover today’s leadership team and the people who have guided the Society through the decades.
1966SFI is founded on the initiative of Pierre Grabar.
1971SFI is among the founding societies of IUIS, followed by EFIS.
1980Former SFI president Jean Dausset receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Leadership team
The executive team provides the Society’s scientific, institutional and operational leadership.
President
Emmanuelle Jouanguy
Since November 2025
Vice-President
Michel Cogné
Since 2025
General Secretary
Dalil Hannani
Since 2024
Treasurer
Mathieu Chevalier
Since 2025
A history connected to major advances in immunology
Among its presidents, SFI counts Professor Jean Dausset, who received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the HLA system, central to understanding graft rejection and acceptance.
SFI leadership since 1966
This timeline preserves the record of those who have held the Society’s principal leadership roles. The complete lists appear below.
Presidents
- Daniel OliveDecember 2022 – November 2025
- Renato MonteiroSeptember 2018 – November 2022
- Hans YsselSeptember 2015 – September 2018
- Anne HosmalinJanuary 2013 – September 2015
- Roland LiblauJanuary 2010 – December 2012
- Armand Bensussan7 September 2006 – December 2009
- Alain Bernard27 November 2003 – 7 September 2006
- Catherine Sautès-Fridman24 November 2000 – 27 November 2003
- Pierre Galanaud26 November 1997 – 24 November 2000
- Jean Louis Preud’homme31 May 1994 – 26 November 1997
- Pierre André Cazenave4 April 1991 – 31 May 1994
- Michel Fougereau7 April 1988 – 4 April 1991
- Maxime Seligmann31 May 1985 – 7 April 1988
- André Capron27 March 1981 – 31 May 1985
- Jean Dausset26 May 1978 – 27 March 1981
- Guy André Voisin25 April 1974 – 26 May 1978
- Alain Bussard22 April 1971 – 25 April 1974, first President of EFIS
- Marcel Raynaud15 January 1969 – 22 April 1971
- Pierre Grabar11 October 1966 – 15 January 1969
Vice-Presidents
- Noushin Mossadegh Keller2021–2024
General Secretaries
- Julie TabiascoJanuary 2020 – September 2023
- Laetitia Gautreau-RollandJanuary 2017 – December 2019
- Anne CaignardJanuary 2015 – December 2016
- Sylvia Cohen-KaminskyJanuary 2013 – December 2014
- Eliane Piaggio20 December 2011 – December 2012
- Hans Yssel27 November 2008 – 20 December 2011
- Joel Pestel25 November 2004 – 27 November 2008
- Hans Yssel27 November 2003 – 25 November 2004
- Jean Kaneloppoulos29 November 2000 – 27 November 2003
- François Lemonnier26 November 1996 – 29 November 2000
- Patrice Marche31 May 1994 – 26 November 1996
- Marc Daeron4 April 1991 – 31 May 1994
- Jean François Delfraissy7 April 1988 – 4 April 1991
- Michel Kazatchkine31 May 1985 – 7 April 1988
- Joseph Alouf5 May 1983 – 31 May 1985
- Pierre Burtin21 November 1980 – 5 May 1983
- Jacques Pillot10 June 1977 – 21 November 1980
- François Kourilsky9 May 1975 – 10 June 1977
- Stratis Avrameas25 April 1974 – 9 May 1975
- Pierre Burtin22 April 1971 – 25 April 1974
- Claude Lapresle15 January 1969 – 22 April 1971
- Marcel Raynaud11 October 1966 – 15 January 1969
Treasurers
- Laurence Ardouin-BatailleJanuary 2023 – 2025
- Aude MagerusSeptember 2018 – 2022
- Paul GuglielmiJanuary 2015 – September 2018
- Jean-Luc Teillaud26 November 2010 – December 2014
- Paul Guglielmi27 November 2008 – 26 November 2010
- Brigitte Autran7 September 2006 – 27 November 2008
- Antoine Toubert27 November 2002 – 7 September 2006
- Paul Guglielmi24 November 1999 – 27 November 2002
- Philippe Lagrange27 April 1995 – 24 November 1999
- Christian Boitard28 May 1993 – 27 April 1995
- Philippe Lagrange27 April 1989 – 28 May 1993
- Laurent Degos31 May 1985 – 27 April 1989
- Philippe Lagrange25 March 1982 – 31 May 1985
- Laurent Degos26 May 1978 – 25 March 1982
- André Eyquem11 October 1966 – 26 May 1978