Kaare R. Norum
Honourable Member of the Board
Board of Directors
Oslo Cancer Cluster
Norway
Biography
Kaare R. Norum is Professor Emeritus at the University of Oslo and Honourable Member of the Oslo Cancer Cluster and the Board of the Oslo Cancer Cluster. Norum is the initiator of both the Oslo Cancer Cluster and the Oslo Cancer Cluster Innovation Park, together with Jónas Einarsson, CEO of the Radium Hospital Research Foundation. Norum was Professor in Medicine and Nutrition from 1972 until 2002 at Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo. He has chaired the National Nutrition Council of Norway for several years. He was associate Dean and then later, Dean for the Medical Faculty, University of Oslo. He also served as principal of the University of Oslo for some years. Norum was member of the UN Commission of the Nutrition Challenges of the 21st Century and member of the Board for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. He has served as the Chair for the Reference Group of WHO project on the "Global Strategy for Diet, Physical Activity and Health” 2002-2004, and he was Chair of an Expert Group on “Counteracting Obesity in Europe” serving the European Regional Office of WHO. He is Commander of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and Commander of the Royal Swedish Order of the Northern Star.
Research Interest
“Counteracting Obesity in Europe
