Prof. P. Mangin has graduated from the Faculty of medicine Broussais-Hôtel-Dieu, University René Descartes Paris VI (1967-1973). He has obtained his M.D. thesis at Faculty of medicine, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (1978) and board certification in legal medicine in France (1980) and Switzerland (FMH 1996). He wrote his Ph.D thesis in toxicology with Prof. G. Dirrheimer, Faculty of pharmacy, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (1985). His professional activities include work as an intern and resident in different French hospitals (Hôpitaux de Besançon: 01/10/1973 - 30/09/1977; Clinical neurophysiology department, Centre hospitalier universitaire, Strasbourg : 1978 - 1980). He was subsequently appointed " Attaché - Assistant " at the Institute of legal and social medicine, Faculty of medicine, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (01/10/1978 - 30/09/1979) and " Assistant des Universités - Assistant des Hôpitaux ", Institute of legal and social medicine, Faculty of medicine, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (01/03/1981 - 30/09/1986), " Maître de conférences - Praticien Hospitalier ", Institute of legal and social medicine, Faculty of medicine, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (01/10/1986 - 30/09/1990).
In 1990, he was appointed " Professeur des Universités - Praticien Hospitalier ", Director of the Institute of legal and social medicine, Faculty of medicine, University Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (01/10/1990 - 31/08/1996 ) and is, since 1996, the Ordinarius professor of legal medicine and director of the Institute of legal medicine of the faculty of medicine, University of Lausanne.
From 1999 to 2006 he was selected to become subsequently Vice-Dean of the Faculty of medicine, University of Lausanne and then Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne (01/09/2003 – 31/08/2006).
Since 2007, he is the Director of the new University Center of Legal Medicine in West Switzerland (Ordinarius Professor of legal medicine at the Universities of Lausanne and Geneva). Prof. Mangin is member of a number of distinguished national and international professional societies (French Society of Legal Medicine, International Academy of Legal Medicine of which he is treasurer and member of the praesidium, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, International Society for Forensic Genetics, European Council of Legal Medicine, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists). He is member and former president of the Swiss Society of Legal Medicine (President: 01/01/1999 – 31/12/2003).
Furthermore, he is member of several editorial boards: International Journal of Legal Medicine, Springer-Verlag, The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Journal de Médecine Légale et de Droit Médical, Editions Lacassagne, Law, Probability and Risk, Oxford University Press, Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Academic Press.
His major research interests are in Forensic pathology: imaging techniques in post mortem investigations, pathology of sudden death, hair analyses (toxicology).
During the past 10 years, Prof. Mangin has been involved in several missions of expert work at the request of different international institutions or non Governmental Organisations in order to investigate cases of death in custody or to evaluate the possibility of torture or bad treatments of prisoners. He participated as expert, on behalf of the International Academy of Legal Medicine, in the elaboration of the recommendation on the harmonisation of medico-legal autopsy rules adopted on February 2nd 1999 by the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe. He has also contributed to the redaction of several guidelines concerning principles and rules relating to medico-legal autopsy procedures at the request of professional associations or national societies. |
