Lars Andreas Akslen - Curriculum Vitae#
Positions:
- Professor of Pathology UIB (since 1993; at age 35)
- Director of Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, Norwegian Centre of Excellence (CoE), UIB (since 2013)
- Senior consultant, surgical pathology, Haukeland University Hospital (since 1988)
- Visiting Professor: Harvard Medical School (2004-2005); University of Pennsylvania (1998 - 1999)
Awards and honors:
- Honorary Member, The Norwegian Society of Pathology (2018)
- Elected Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2013)
- King Olav V’s Cancer Research Award (2009)
Essential activities:
- Own research group since 1995 (maximum of 30 members)
- 367 research papers (PubMed), H-factor=77, >35.000 citations (World of Science)
- 5 patents
- Supervised 36 PhD candidates to completion
- Director of Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO (CoE) since 2013, currently 220 persons (https://www.ccbio.no
), with national and international activities
- Established CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies (2013), including multiple courses with international attendance, and a Masterclass program for mentoring and career development
Other activities:
- Founder of SCANPATH (2016), a research-based network of academic pathologists within the Nordic countries, aimed to strengthen research in pathology, with annual meetings (around 100 participants) and project networks
- Organizer of multiple courses and symposia (international)
- Thesis opponent for 30 candidates (international, national)
- President, The Norwegian Society of Pathology (2008 - 2012) (vice president 2004 - 2007)
- Board member, The Norwegian Cancer Society (2010 - 2018)
- National Editor of the international journal APMIS (Wiley) (2000 - 2013)
