Harald Hausen - Curriculum Vitae#


Education :
  • 1942 - 1946 Elementary School, Gelsenkirchen for 2 1/2 years (interrupted due to World War II)
  • 1946 - 1950 Gymnasium (High School), Gelsenkirchen-Buer
  • 1950 - 1955 Gymnasium, Vechta
  • 1955 - 1960 Medical student at the Universities of Bonn (1955 -1957), Hamburg (1957-1958), and Düsseldorf (1958- 1960)
  • December 1960 Graduation in Medicine and M.D. University of Düsseldorf

Professional Training and Academic Positions :
  • 1960 - 1962 Internships in Wimbern, Isny, Gelsenkirchen and Düsseldorf
  • 1962 Approbation
  • 1962 - 1965 Research Fellow, Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie,University of Düsseldorf (Head : Prof. W. Kikuth)
  • 1966 - 1969 Research Fellow, Division of Virology, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Head : Prof. W. Henle)
  • 1968 Appointment as Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  • 1969 - 1972 Senior Scientist, Institut für Virologie, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 1969 Privat-Dozent für Virologie, University of Würzburg
  • 1972 - 1977 Chairman and Professor, Institut für Klinische Virologie, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 1977 - 1983 Chairman and Professor, Institut für Virologie, Zentrum für Hygiene, University of Freiburg
  • 1983 – 2003 Chairman of the Management Board and Scientific Director of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center), Heidelberg
  • Since May 2003 Professor emeritus

Special Appointments
  • 1975 - 1977 "Sprecher" (Chairman) of the Sonderforschungsbereich 31Methodenforschung zur Früherkennung des KrebsesSpecial Research Program of the German Science Foundation - DFG), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 1979 - 1983 "Sprecher" (Chairman) of the Sonderforschungsbereich 118,Medizinische Virologie : Tumorentstehung und Entwicklung (Special Research Program of the German Science Foundation - DFG, University of Freiburg
  • 1983 - 1988 Member of the Mott - Committee (twice) and of the Assembly of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, New York
  • 1983 - 1991 Member of the Kuratorium (Advisory Board) of the JungStiftung, Hamburg
  • 1985 - 1998 Chairman of the Advisory Council and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Robert-Koch-Stiftung, Bonn
  • 1986 - 1994 Member of the Council of the International Union against Cancer (UICC)
  • 1987 - 1989 Chairman of the Kuratorium (Advisory Board) of the Dahlem Konferenzen, Berlin
  • 1988 Appointment as "Honorar-Professor" at the University of Heidelberg
  • 1989 - 1991 Chairman of the Association of National Research Centers (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Großforschungseinrichtungen),Bonn
  • 1990 - 1993 Vice Chairman and President-Elect of the Organization of European Cancer Institutes (OECI)
  • 1990 - 1995 Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Cancer Institute, Epalinges-Lausanne
  • 1990 - 1992 Member, BMFT-Kommission "Grundlagenforschung"(Commission for Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology)
  • 1990-1996 Member, BMFT-Kommission "Gesundheitsforschungsrat"(Health Research Council) of the Ministry of Science and Technology
  • 1991 - 1995 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (Wissenschaftl.Beirat) of the Biomedical Research Center (Biomedizin. Forschungszentrum - BMFZ) of the Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
  • 1991 - 1993 Vice-President of the Academia Europaea
  • 1993 - 1996 President of the Organization of European Cancer Institutes (OECI)
  • 1988-1990 Chairman of the von Leyden Prize-Committee, Heidelberg
  • 1994-1996 Chairman of the Salzer-Prize-Committee, Heidelberg
  • 1994 - 1996 Member of the European Board of Directors of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
  • 1994 - 1998 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Imperial Cancer Research Center (ICRF) in London, U.K.
  • 1996-2006 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
  • 1998-2000 Member of the German American Academic Council
  • 1998-2002 Member of the “Hochschulrat“ (University Adcvisory Council) of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 1999 - 2000 Vice-Chairman of the German American Academic Council
  • 1999-2009 Member of the Governing Council of the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Brussels
  • 2001 - 2003 Vice-President of the Helmholtz Society of German National Research Centers
  • 2003-2009 Vice-President of the LEOPOLDINA, German Academy of Natural Sciences and Medicine
  • 2003 - 2005 Member, "Gesundheitsforschungsrat" (Health Research Council) of the German Ministry of Science and Technology
  • 2003 - 2006 Member of the “Stiftungsrat” (University Advisory Council University of Göttingen, Germany)
  • 2005-2009 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the French National Cancer Institute, Paris
  • 2006-2009 Member of the Board of Directors, International Union against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Since 2007 Member of the International Advisory Committee of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2007-2009 Member Scientific Advisory Board Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF), Vienna, Austria
  • Since 2010 Vicepresident European Academy of Cancer

Awards :
  • 1971 Walter Richtzenhein-Prize, University of Heidelberg
  • 1974 Wilhelm-Warner Prize, University of Hamburg
  • 1975 Robert-Koch Prize and Medal, Robert-Koch-Stiftung, Bonn
  • 1982 Schaudinn-Hoffmann Plakette, German Dermatological Society, Vienna
  • 1985 Lila Gruber Award for Cancer Research, American Academy of Dermatology, Las Vegas, USA
  • 1986 Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA
  • 1986 Deutscher Krebspreis (German Cancer Award), German Cancer Association, Munich
  • 1992 Sebatia Ter Prize, Naples, Italy
  • 1993 Federation of the European Cancer Societies, Clinical Research Award, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1993 Martinus-Willem Beijerinck Medal, Nederlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1994 Emil-von Behring Prize and Lecture, University of Marburg
  • 1994 Paul-Ehrlich - Ludwig Darmstätter Prize, Frankfurt
  • 1996 Ernst-Jung-Prize, Hamburg
  • 1999 Charles Rodolphe Brupacher Prize for Cancer, Zürich, Switzerland
  • 2000 Virchow-Medal of the Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg
  • 2001 Arthur Burkhardt-Prize, Stuttgart
  • 2001 Thomas Parram Price of the American Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • 2002 San Marino Prize for Medicine
  • 2002 Honorary Senator, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 2002 Gregor-Mendel Medal, University of Prague
  • 2004 “Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz” (Order of Merit), Berlin
  • 2005 Prize of the Panamerican Society for Clinical Virology,Clearwater, USA
  • 2006 Prince Mahidol Award, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2006 Raymond Bourgine Award, Paris
  • 2006 Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2006 William B Coley Award for Distiguished Research in Basic Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, New York
  • 2007 Johann-Georg Zimmermann Medal for Distinguished Research in Cancer Prevention, Hannover, Germany
  • 2007 Loeffler-Frosch Medal, German Virological Society, Nürnberg
  • 2007 Daniel Nathans Memorial Award, Rapid Falls, USA
  • 2007 Deutscher Krebshilfe-Preis (German Cancer Aid Award), Bonn, Germany
  • 2008 AACR Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Cancer Research, San Diego, USA
  • 2008 UICC Outstanding Volunteer Award for Excellence in Cancer Control. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 2008 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, USA.
  • 2008 Stuart Mudd Award, International Union of Microbiological Societies, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2008 Gairdner Foundation International Award, Toronto, Canada.6
  • 2008 Nobel-Prize for Physiology or Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2008 Prix de la Princess Lalla Salma, Rabat, Maroc
  • 2009 Primio ACCUDES AWARD, Junta Directiva de la Associación contra el Cancer de Útero de España, Madrid, Spain.
  • 2009 Innovation award, “Berufsverband Deutscher Frauenärzte”, Düsseldorf.
  • 2009 “Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern” (Special Order of Merit with Star), President of the German Republic,Berlin
  • 2009 Honorary Professor in Cancer Virology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2010 Grand Georgios Papanicolaou Award, Hellenic Society, New York
  • September 2010 “Hall of Fame of German Research”, Manager Magazin, Berlin, Germany
  • October 2010 The Economist’s Innovation Award, The Economist, London, UK.
  • October 2010 “Bayerischer Maximiliansorden” (Bavarian Order of Merit for Sciences and the Arts) Munich

Honorary Degrees:
  • 1984 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Sciences, University of Chicago, USA
  • 1991 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Umeå,Sweden
  • 1994 Honrary Degree, Doctor of Medicine, Charles University,Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1997 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, University of Salford, England
  • 2000 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2005 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • 2008 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medicine, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 2008 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara, Italy
  • 2009 Honorary degree, Doctor of Science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine
  • 2010 Honorary Degree Doctor of Science, La Trobe University,Victoria, Australia
  • 2010 Honorary degree, Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Italy
  • 2011 Honorary Degree. Doctor of Medicine, University of Madrid, Spain

Honorary Memberships :
  • 1982 South African Society for Dermatology
  • 1989 Polish Society for Dermatology
  • 1989 Japanese Cancer Society
  • 1991 Scientific Medical Society of Virology, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 1993 Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology
  • 1993 Hungarian Cancer Society
  • 2001 Italian Society of Virology
  • 2003 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Virologie
  • 2005 Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft
  • 2008 Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 Honorary Member European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2009 Hungarian Society for Microbiology
  • 2009 Honorary President of the Hellenic Society for Cytology, Athen.
  • 2010 American Association for Cancer Research
  • March 2010 Berlin Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Berlin, Germany
  • July 2010 International Association for Dental Research, Barcelona, Spain
  • July 2010 Honorary FASM, Australian Society for Microbiology, Sidney, Australia
  • September 2010 Ecuadorial Society of Pathology of the Genital Tract and Colposcopy. Quevedo, Ecuador
  • September 2010 Honorary Citizen, Quesedo, Ecuador
  • January 2011 Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Gesellschaft (Ludwig-Heilmeyer Society for Progress in Internal Medicine), Cologne

Elected Memberships :
  • 1976 European Molecular Biology Organization
  • 1986 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 German Academy of Natural Sciences LEOPOLDINA, Halle
  • 1989 Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
  • 1991 Polish Academy of Sciences (Foreign Member)
  • 1993 Venezuelan National Academy of Medicine
  • 1998 American Philosophical Society
  • 2002 Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, USA
  • 2003 Academy of Cancer Immunology, New York
  • 2006 La Sociedad Peruana de Cancerologia, Lima, Peru Corresponding Member
  • 2009 National Academy of Sciences, USA (Foreign Member)
  • 2010 Foreign Member Societas Scientiarum Fennica (Finnish Society for Science), Helsinki.

Special Lectures and Visiting Professorships :
  • 1974 Visiting Professor at the University of Belo Horizonte, Brazil9
  • 1976 Visiting Professor at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
  • 1976 Otto-Warburg-Memorial Lecture, German Cancer Congress, Nürnberg
  • 1981 Visiting Professor of the Microbiological Society of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • 1984 Otto-Herz-Memorial Lecture, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 1985 General Motors Visiting Professor, McArdle University, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • 1986 Leah-Lederman-Lecture, Royal Society of Medicine, London, U.K.
  • 1986 F. Stolman Memorial Lecture, Wilsede, Germany
  • 1988 General Motors Visiting Professor, F. Hutchinson Cancer Center and University of Seattle, Seattle, USA
  • 1992 First Allan Granoff Lectureship, St. Jude Children's ResearchHospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • 1994 Opening Plenary Lecture, International Cancer Congress,New Delhi, India
  • 1994 Third Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship in Viral Oncology, Cold Spring Harbor, USA
  • 1998 Theobald Smith Lecture, Albany, New York
  • 1998 Link Visiting Professorship, Institute of Cancer Research,*London
  • 1999 Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Lecturerin Tokyo, Kumamoto and Nagoya, Japan
  • 2000 Virchow-Lecture, University of Würzburg
  • 2001 Alfred-Marchionini Memorial Lecture, University of Hamburg
  • 2001 Dudley Wright Lecturer, Göttingen
  • 2002 John H. Blaffer Visiting Professor, M.D. Anderson, Houston, Texas
  • 2002 Isaac Berenblum Memorial Lecture, Rehovot, Israel
  • Between 1980 and 2007 A larger number of keynote lectures at international meetings.

Editorial Board Member :
  • International Journal of Cancer (Editor in Chief since January 2000)
  • Cancer Prevention Research
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cancer Immunity
  • Journal of Human Virology
  • Journal of Environmental Science and Health
  • Acta Oncologica
  • Nowotwory, Journal of Oncology
  • Archive of Oncology
  • Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology B.U.ON.

Memberships :
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Virologie
  • Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Naturforscher und Ärzte
  • European Cancer Society
  • Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
  • Robert-Koch Gesellschaft
  • Hochschulverband
  • Organization or Co-Organization of International Meetings :11
  • 1974 Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oncogenesis and Herpesviruses II, jointly organized with G. de Thé and M.A. Epstein
  • 1979 Cold Spring Harbor, USA, Viruses in Naturally Occurring Human Cancers, jointly organized with M. Essex and G. G. Todaro
  • 1985 Banbury Conference Viral Etiology of Cervical Cancer, Cold Spring Harbor, USA, jointly with R. Peto
  • 1986 Park City,Utah, USA, Visuses and Human Cancers, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, jointly with R. Gallo, W. Haseltine, and G. Klein
  • 1986 Heidelberg, The Role of DNA Amplification in Carcinogenesis General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Conference, jointly with J. Schlehofer
  • 1989 San Diego, USA, Viruses in Human Tumors, American Association for Cancer Research, jointly with G. Miller and W. Summers
  • 1990 Heidelberg, International Workshop on Papillomaviruses, jointly with Lutz Gissmann
  • 1992 Heidelberg, Viruses in Human Cancers, Inauguration of the new building for Applied Tumorvirology, jointly with Lutz Gissmann
  • 1995 Heidelberg, Oncogenic Viruses and Cell Cycle Control, jointly with P. Jansen-Dürr
  • 1996 Heidelberg, HUGO’s Human Genome Meeting 96,jointly with HUGO Europe
  • 2000 Heidelberg, Viruses in the Etiology of Human Cancers,First Heinrich F.C. Behr Symposium, jointly with Peter Howley
  • 2002 Heidelberg, Infections and Human Cancers – Parasites, Bacteria, and Novel Viral Agents, 2nd Heinrich F.C. Behr Symposium, Organisation Peter Howley, Ethel-Michele de Villiers, Harald zur Hausen
  • 2004 Heidelberg, Microbes and Malignancy, 3rd Heinrich F.C. Behr Symposium and 1st Annual LEOPOLDINAConference, Organization Peter Howley, Volker ter Meulen, and Harald zur Hausen.

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