Kari Kivirikko#
| Membership Number: | 398 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2002 Professor Emeritus, Medical Biochemistry, Univ. Oulu
- since 1993 Founding Scientist and Scientific Advisor, FibroGen Inc. San Francisco, CA, USA
- 1988-2002 Professor of the Academy of Finland
- 1983-1988 Professor and Chairman, Medical Biochemistry, Univ. Oulu
- 1976-1983 Professor of the Academy of Finland
- 1970-1976 Professor and Chairman, Medical Biochemistry, Univ. Oulu, Finland
- 1967-1970 The Laboratory Physician, Children' Hospital, Univ. Helsinki
- 1965-1967 Post-doc, Univ. Pennsylvania
- 1957-1963 Assistant, Univ. Helsinki
- 1963 PhD. Medical biochemistry, Univ. Helsinki
- 1960 MD. Univ. Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Pathology of collagene
- Hypoxia response
Honours and Awards
- 1984 The Anders Jahre's Nordic Medical Prize
- 1991 The Wihuri International Prize
- 1999 The Science Prize of the State of Finland
