Biographies

Former members of the Commission

Prof. Paul KLEIHUES

Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich

Born 1936 in Rheine (Westfalen), Germany

Study of Medicine at the University of Münster, Hamburg, Munich and the University of Pavia, Italy

1976 Professor at the Institute for Pathology (Ludwig-Aschoff-Haus), University of Freiburg, Germany

1983 Director of the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

1993 President of the Scientific Committee, International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (IFP), Zurich

1994 - 2003 Director, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Lyon, France

2005 Founding Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Freiburg, Germany

Fellowships:

2005 - 2006 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany

2006 - 2007 Visiting Scientist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Memberships:

Member of the Foundation Board, Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation

Advisory Panel Member, Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative (BTFC)