holds a Chair of Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Montpellier Medical School, University of Montpellier, since 1999, and the Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, at Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, since 2010. Eric Renard is also Medical Director of Clinical Research at Montpellier University Hospital since November 2008 and Head of the INSERM Clinical Research Centre at Montpellier University Hospital since January 2010. He leads a research team focusing on ‘Determinants and correction of the loss of insulin secretion in diabetes’ at the Institute of Functional Genomics, UMR CNRS 5203/INSERM U1191/ University of Montpellier, Montpellier, since 2012.