| Martine Allain-Regnault | |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Abbeville, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Paris |
| Occupation: | Scientific journalist |
| Employer: | France Télévisions |
Martine Allain-Regnault (2 March 1937 – 8 October 2022) was a French scientific journalist and television presenter.[1]
Allain-Regnault spent her childhood in several French cities, following the assignments of her father, an engineer of the SNCF.[2] She earned a degree in biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris and subsequently completed graduate studies in physiology before performing studies on the alcohol consumption of rats.[3] She was married and the mother of one daughter, Charlotte, born in 1970.
Allain-Regnault began her career in the written press. From 1962 to 1990, she was a scientific journalist for the magazine Science & Vie, writing the column Biologie, médecine et sciences naturelles. She was also a journalist for the daily newspaper Le Monde. At the same time, she was a health reporter for from 1977 to 1987[4] and for TF1 from 1987 to 1992, for which she produced the show Viva la vie alongside Philippe Risoli from 1988 to 1989. She also co-produced and co-presented Télé calories with Frédéric Lepage. During this time, she presented multiple shows surrounding special events, such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Allain-Regnault was a prominent media health specialist, creating a close bond with viewers after disclosing her own weight problems in the mid-1990s.[5] From 1992 to 2004, she presented the television program on France 2[6] with François de Closets and Laurent Broomhead.[7]
In 2002, her report Les petites chirurgies qui changent la vie on Savoir plus santé took home third prize at Telefilmed, an international festival of medical television programs.[8]
Martine Allain-Regnault died on 8 October 2022 at the age of 85.[9]
On 19 January 1973, the Ministry of Public Health appointed Allain-Regnault to serve as a member of the terminology committee, replacing .[10] On 23 February 1984, she joined the interdisciplinary committee for scientific information of the, replacing Jean Lacouture.[11] On 9 March 2002, she was appointed a "member of the steering committee for actions to promote medical and medico-economic information" by the .[12]