Speakers 2006

Bengt Norrving

Director of Administration. Karolinska Institutet - Solna.

Erkki Wuolijoki

Head of Research Administration. Tampere University Hospital.

Karsten Bech

Dr. Karsten Bech, Associate Dean for Regional Faculty Development. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Jarle Ofstad

Professor emeritus. Clinical work and research in nephrology and experimental renal physiology; science policy and administration; Chm.Medical Res.Cons., Chr. Michelsens Inst for Science and the Humanities; Nat.Committee of Med.Res.Ethics; member European Med.Rec.Counc. (ESF)

Jan Olofsson

Clin. Director, Professor Haukeland University Hospital. Leader of the Strategic Research Program in Bergen, stimulating Top Medical Research.

Kenneth Hugdahl

Professor University of Bergen, adjunct professor Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital. Leader of the Bergen fMRI-group and the Bergen Mental Health Research Center. Member of Nordic Center of Excellence in functional neuroimaging.

Pål Rasmus Njølstad

Professor of pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital. Leader of group focusing on translational research in diabetes and genetics.

Rolf Bjerkvig

Professor, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Scientific Director NorLux Laboratories, Centre Rechereche Public Santé, Luxembourg, Coordinator of Angiotargeting, and Integrated Project of the European Commission.

Per Eystein Lønning

Professor and Consultant oncologist. Scientific interest in translation research, focused on mechanisms of action of endocrine therapy and mechanisms of chemoresistance in breast cancer therapy.

Anders Mølster

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Bergen, consultant dpt. of Orthopaedic Surgery Haukeland University Clinic. Leader of the project Ortopaedic Biomaterials, working to establish orthopaedic/biomaterials research laboratory in HUS.