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Hans Wigzell
(Medicine)
Hans Wigzell
was the President of the Karolinska Institute from 1995 to 2003.
Dr Wigzell graduated from the Karolinska Institute as Doctor of
Medicine (MD). He also obtained a DSc. and took up a post at the
Swedish Cancer Society. Thereafter he occupied several posts as
Professor at Karolinska and Uppsala University. In 1990 he was elected
Chairman of the EU Concerted Research Programme into AIDS vaccination
and from 1990-1992 he was Chairman of the Nobel Committee. In 1993
he was appointed Secretary-General of the Swedish Institute for
Infectious Disease Control. Since 1999 he has been Chief Scientific
Advisor to the Swedish Government, and he is one of the eleven appointed
advisors on life science issues to the EU Commissioner for Research
Philippe Busquin. He was appointed Chairman of the Nobel Assembly
in 2000 and Chairman for the WHO-UNAIDS Vaccine Advisory Committee
in 2002.
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