Mr. H. Bouchard, a famous sculptor in France, was familiar with Dr. H. Tisser. While in life, he made a copperplate of Dr. Tissier’s portrait and left it to his son , Dr. F. Bouchard.
Dr. F. Bouchard, loved by Dr. H. Tissier in his childhood,later become a scholar in a field of cardiology. Under the influence of his father ,he was also much interested in the art of sculpture.
In 1987, Dr. N. Homma, the president of Japan Bifidus Foundation, visited France and by chance met with Dr. F. Bouchard, and knew the relationship between Dr. H. Tissier and the Bouchards. Then, it occurred in his mind to reproduce the medal sculptured Dr. Tissier’s portrait as the treasure of the Foundation. At Dr. Homma’s request, Dr. F. Bouchard reproduced the medal by the end of 1987.
In order to express the respect to Dr. Tissier’s discovery of Bifidobacteria (1899) and his foresight of indicating its importance, and also to with his great achievements to be useful for the progression in welfare of human beings, the Foundation has honored the people who have contributed to the research development in this field with the Tissier-medals every year since 1988.
| Year | Name | Affiliation at the time |
|---|---|---|
| June, 1998 | Dr. Toshifumi Hibi | Keio University, Japan |
| June, 2000 | Dr. Junichi Yata | Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan |
| Dr. Hideyo Yamaguchi | Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Japan | |
| May, 2002 | Dr. Hiromichi Ishikawa | Keio University, Japan |
| June, 2003 | Dr. Hiroshi Nagura | Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital, Japan |
| June, 2004 | Dr. Koen Venema | TNO Nutrition & Food Research, The Netherlands |
| Dr. Taro Shirakawa | Kyoto University, Japan | |
| Dr. Shin Fukudo | Tohoku University, Japan | |
| May, 2005 | Dr. Vassilia Theodorou | INRA, Toulouse, France |
| Dr. Jan Kok | Groningen Univ., The Netherlands | |
| Dr. Stephanie Blum | Nestle Research Center, Switzerland | |
| Dr. Shizunobu Igimi | National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan | |
| June, 2006 | Dr. Kimishige Ishizaka | La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, USA |
| Dr. Elaine E. Vaughan | Wagenningen University, Unilever R&D, The Netherlands | |
| Dr. Naohiro Inohara | University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology, USA | |
| June, 2007 | Dr. R. Balfour Sartorr | University of North Carolina, USA |
| Dr. Philippe J. Sansonetti | Unite de Pathogenie, Microbienne, Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, France | |
| Dr. Yuichiro Yamashiro | Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan | |
| June, 2008 | Dr. Fang Yan | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA |
| Dr. Silvia Resta-Lenert | University of California San Diego, USA | |
| June, 2009 | Dr. Andrew S. Neish | Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, USA |
| Dr. Tsuneo Fujita | Niigata University, Japan | |
| June, 2010 | Dr. Tasuku Honjo | Kyoto University, Japan |
| June, 2011 | Dr. Shizuo Akira | Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center, Japan |
| Dr. Justin L. Sonnenburg | Stanford University School of Medicine, USA | |
| June, 2012 | Dr. Richard S. Blumberg | Harvard Medical School, USA |
| June, 2013 | Dr. Shinichi Nakamura | Kanazawa University, Japan |
| Dr. George T. Macfarlane | University of Dundee, UK | |
| June, 2014 | Dr. Mamoru Watanabe | Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan |
| Dr. Peer Bork | EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | |
| June, 2015 | Dr.Todd R. Klaenhammer | North Carolina State University, USA |
| Dr. Hiroshi Kiyono | The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| June, 2016 | Dr. Satchidananda Panda | Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA |
| Dr.Els van Nood | Harbor Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Dr. Nobuyuki Sudo | Kyushu University, Japan | |
| June, 2017 | Dr. Christian Jobin | University of Florida College of Medicine, USA |
| Dr. Ken Takai | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan | |
| May, 2018 | Dr. Mahesh S. Desai | Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg |
| June, 2019 | Dr. Koen Venema | Maastricht University, The Netherlands |
| Dr. Shin Fukudo | Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan |
