Hans-Olov Adami

Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Hans-Olov Adami

Academic positions:
- Professor of Cancer Epidemiology
- Head (Chairman) of the Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (From March 1997 to December 2005)
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, U.S.
- Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
With a strong focus on epidemiology, Dr Adami's research interests cover a broad range from research on cancer etiology, prevention and screening to clinical studies of prognostic factors and natural history including also randomized clinical trials. Over the years, and still today, his interests have included a wide range of malignancies, however with a focus on cancers of the breast, prostate, cervix and testis, and malignant lymphomas.

Any other information:
Dr Adami has published over 550 papers in peer review journals and in 2002 he published - together with two co-editors - "Text Book of Cancer Epidemiology" (Oxford University Press).

Current Editorial Advisory Board Memberships:
1990- Cancer Causes & Control
1992- The Breast
1993- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
1998- Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly
1998- Journal of National Cancer Institute
1999- Breast Cancer Research (Editor)
2000-2006 The European Journal of Epidemiology (Editor)
2003- Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
2004- PloS Medicine
2007- Journal of Internal Medicine

Other experience and professional memberships:
- Member of the Scientific Board, Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)
- Member of the External Scientific Advisory Board for the Nurses Health Study, Harvard, Boson (2004)
- Member of Center for Molecular Epidemiology's Scientific Advisory Board, National University of Singapore (2004)
- Member of the Nobel Assembly since 1998 (and the Nobel Committee 1998, 1999 and 2000)
- Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden 2007

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Public Health & Epidemiology > Preventive Medicine (since 16 November 2005)

Hans-Olov Adami is a Section Head for Preventive Medicine, part of the PUBLIC HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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