Bengt Westermark
Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medivir Biotech Company
Sweden
Biography
Member of the Board since 2017. Member of the R&D Committee. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University, 1996-2002, and Vice-Rector of Medicine and Pharmacy, 1999-2002. Chairman of the research board of the Swedish Cancer Society, 2003-2013. He has published over 300 papers in scientific journals, primarily on the mechanisms governing the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organisation, and the European Academy of Cancer Sciences. He has received a number of prizes and awards for his research and has been cited over 25,000 times by other researchers. Other directorships: Member of the Board of Hamlet Pharma AB and a variety of advisory groups for medical research financing.
Research Interest
Toxicology
