# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brigitte-kieffer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:29:44.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brigitte-kieffer"
name: "Brigitte Kieffer"
slug: "brigitte-kieffer"
description: "Dr. Brigitte Kieffer is a French molecular neurobiologist known for her research of opiate receptors. Her areas of expertise include: molecular psychiatry, addiction, mood disorders, pain, and developmental disorders. Kieffer has international reputation in the field of opiate receptors, and has paved the way for better understanding of brain mechanisms involved in pain, mental illness, and drug addiction. She continues to pursue research and directs a team of over 300 people. Her discoveries have shed light on how substances like morphine or heroin can kill pain, and foster addiction."
tagline: "French neurobiologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Kieffer_during_an_interview.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1958-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.2
  momentum:             15.3921568627451
  historical:           7.403816000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.usias.fr/en/chairs/brigitte-kieffer/"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
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    title: "בריג'יט קיפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بريجيت كيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Kieffer"
    title: "Brigitte Kieffer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump