Elisabete Weiderpass
Director
Office of the Director
Speciality: Cancer epidemiology and cancer prevention
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Country/Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Post-doc | Cancer Epidemiology | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden / Stockholm |
| 1999 | PhD (Some hormonal factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer. Supervisor: Ingemar Persson, John Baron and Hans-Olov Adami; http://diss.kib.ki.se/1999/992-963333-2/) | Cancer Epidemiology | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden / Stockholm |
| 1995 | Post-doc (Special Training Award, after the MSc degree) | Cancer epidemiology | IARC | France / Lyon |
| 1994 | MSc (Mode of delivery and breastfeeding duration. http://www.epidemio-ufpel.org.br/site/content/teses_e_dissertacoes/detalhes.php?tese=291) | Epidemiology | Federal University | Brazil / Pelotas |
| 1992 | MD | Medicine and Surgery | Federal University | Brazil / Pelotas |
Scientific Societies Membership
Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (2017-ongoing)
Regional Representative for Europe at the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) Executive Board (2016-ongoing)
International Population Data Linkage Network (2015-ongoing)
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) (2013-ongoing)
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition – EPIC cohort study (2013-ongoing)
Roles and Responsibilities
WHO/IARC Director
Prizes, Honours
Dunhuang Award for outstanding foreign expert, Gansu Foreign Experts Administration Affairs, China (November 2017)
Best Poster Award, GAP 2017 Conference, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA (May 2017)
Swedish Cancer Society; Cancer Researcher Award (Cancerforskantjanst) for 4 years (2005-2009)