CURRICULUM VITAE

Lars E. Hanssen, MD, PhD

CV lars E. Hanssen
Year CV
  Born: May 26, 1949, Oslo, Norway
  Nationality: Norwegian
  E-mail: postmottak@helsetilsynet.no
  Publikasjonsliste /Publications
  Positions
  Director General of Health Supervision, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision (Statens helsetilsyn), P.O.Box 8128 Dep, N-0032 Oslo, Norway
  Telephone:  + 47 21 52 98 00
  Fax:  + 47 21 52 98 15
  Professor of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of  Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
Former Chair, Governing Council, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO, Lyon, France
Former Chair, Faculty  Council, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  Former Professor of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Outpatients Clinic, Medical Department, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  Former Medical Director (Sjeflege), Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  Former Editor-in-Chief, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology (In English, Spanish and Chinese)
  Former Chair, Research Board on Medicine and Health, Research Council of Norway, Oslo
   
  Honors
2001 Leadership Award, granted by Confederation of  Vocational Unions, section for public sector, Oslo, Norway (YS Stat)
   
  Degrees
1973  MD, University of Oslo, Norway
1973 ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) examination, Copenhagen, Denmark
1980 Ph D, (dr. med.) University of Oslo, Norway
1989 Master study of Health Administration (MHA) (part 1), University of Oslo, Norway
1990 Educational Staff Development Programme (Pedagogics for university teachers) (University of Oslo)
1995 Norwegian Defense College (TK21)
1998  Norwegian Defense Intelligence and Security  School (SKA5)
1999-2000 NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy  (Senior Course 95)
                                                                                         
  Medical specialities
1986 Internal Medicine
1986 Gastroenterology
1989 Endocrinology
 
  Research experience
1975-1979 Research Fellow (Norwegian Cancer Union), Research Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
1980-1995  Postdoctoral fellowships for clinical research, Leader Clinical Research Group  (200 publications) 
 
  Teaching experience
1977-1995 Postgraduate lectures in endocrinology, gastroenterology, clinical chemistry, geriatrics and medical statistics in Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, Norway; and in Japan, China, Australia, USA and Soviet Union
1977-1993 Clinical training medical students and nurses, University of Oslo
1977-1995 Supervisor/co-author for fifteen medical doctors who have completed their PhDs in medicine in Oslo and Trondheim, Norway, Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden, Essen and Munich, Germany
1980-1994 Medical radio programmes
1989-1994 Professor of Medicine, Oslo
2001- Professor of Medicine, Bergen
 
  Medical experience
1973-1975 Internships, Florø, Norway
1975-1984 Primary health care and emergency service, Ski, Norway (part-time)
1980-1989 Resident, senior resident and consultant in Gastroenterology, Ullevål University Hospital and Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
1986-1988 Senior resident in Endocrinology Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
1989-1994 Consultant and Professor of Medicine, outpatients clinic, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, University of Oslo 

  Administrative experience, management and leadership
1977-1996 Referee in international journals
1978-1980 Norwegian Editor, Nordic Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
1982-1988 Member Board of Directors, private enterprise
1984-1989 Project manager, Clinical study of carcinoids
1987-1993 Associate Editor, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
1988 Member, Leadership education group, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo
1989 Master study of Health Administration, MHA (part 1), University of Oslo
1991-1994 Member, Clinical Research evaluation group, Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF)
1992-1994 Medical Director, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
1992-1994 Member, Board of Directors, Pharmacy, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
1992-1996 Member, Board of Directors, Surgical Heart Centre, Oslo, Norway
1992-1997 Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Medical Studies, Moscow, Russia
1993-1994 Member, National Steering Committee on Quality Assurance in Health Services, Norway
1994-1995 Head, Medical Research Council (Research Council of Norway) Clinical Research Group
1994-1996 Editor-in-Chief, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology (Editions in English, Spanish and Chinese)
1994-2001 Deputy Director General, Norwegian Board of Health, Oslo, Norway
1994-2001 Member, National Council for Medical Preparedness, Norway
1995-2000 Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo
1996-2002 Delegate, WHO, World Health Assembly; Regional Committee for Europe; Futures Forum; UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS
1997-1998 Norwegian Board member, BIOMED II Programme Committee; Fourth framework programme; Science, Research and Development; European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
1997-1999 Member, Programme Committee for Communication Programme "Safe Food" under Ministry of Agriculture, Oslo
1997-2000 Chair, Joint Committee of the Nordic Medical Research Councils
1997-2001 Member, Forum for Organizational Development in Hospitals, under Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Oslo
1997-2001  Chair, Research Board on Medicine and Health, Research Council of Norway, Oslo
1997-2001 Norwegian Board member, European Medical Research Councils, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France
1997-2006 Norwegian Board member, Governing Council, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO, Lyon, France
2000-2001 Acting Director General of Health, Norwegian Board of Health
2000-2004 Member, Board of Directors, HELTEF, Foundation for Health Services Research, Nordbyhagen, Norway
2001-2002 Chair, National Council for Medical Preparedness, Norway
2001-2002  Chair, National Pandemic Influenza Committee, Norway
2001-2003 Member, Board of Directors, Biotechnology Centre, University of Oslo
2001-2007 Director General of Health, Norwegian Board of Health
2003-2004 Member, Committee to examine the regulation of medical research that involves human beings and human biological material, under Ministry of Health, Oslo (NOU 2005:1 God forskning - bedre helse. ISBN 82-583-0818-1)
2005-2009 Chair, Faculty  Council, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
2005- Council member "En Verden" (member organisation of World Federalist Movement), Oslo, Norway
2006-2010 Former Chair, Governing Council, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO, Lyon, France
2007- Director General of Health Supervision, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision

 
Updated 4 November 2009