Claude Griscelli: key obituary facts
Is Claude Griscelli dead? Yes. Claude Griscelli died on May 7, 2026, at age 90.
Cause of death: Claude Griscelli's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Claude Griscelli known for?
He was known as French pediatrician and immunologist.
More about Claude Griscelli
Born: 2 March 1936.
Place of birth: Rabat.
Place of death: Rabat.
Gender: male.
Occupation: pediatrician, immunologist, researcher.
Nationality: France.
Education: Lycée Descartes, Paris Medical Faculty.
Employer: French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital, Conseil d'État.
Awards: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Claude Griscelli, a French doctor and immunologist who served as president of Inserm from 1996 to 2001, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 90.
Born in Rabat on March 2, 1936, he attended the Lycée Descartes and the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine. He began research work for Inserm at Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris, spent time in the United States with the National Institutes of Health, and returned to France in 1968 to become chief clinician of pediatrics at Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital.
In 2007, he founded the Institut des maladies génétiques Imagine at Necker Hospital.
Claude Griscelli, 90, French doctor and immunologist, president of Inserm (1996–2001).