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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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