Heikki Joensuu#
| Membership Number: | 6548 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0281-2507 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Dept. Head, Comprehensive Cancer Center Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital & University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2020 - present Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland
- 2018 - present Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, Neutron Therapeutics Inc, Danvers, MA, USA
- 2018 - 2020 Vice President, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland
- 2015 - 2017 Research Director, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Helsinki, Finland
- 2010 - 2014 Academy Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2000 - 2009 Medical Director, Dept. of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
- 1994 - 2017 Professor of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University of Helsinki, Finland
- 1994 - 2013 Physician-in-Chief, Dept. of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
- 1984 - 1993 Specialist in Oncology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Fields of Scholarship
- Breast cancer
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumour
- Investigational therapeutic agents for cancer
- Boron neutron capture therapy
- Clinical trials
- Cancer drug development
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Nordic Medicine Award, Foundation for the Nordic Medicine Award, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2016 Hatanaka Award, The International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- 2016 Niilo Voipio Award, Cancer Society of Finland, Finland
- 2014 Hamilton Fairley Award, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- 2013 Prize for Excellent Clinical Research, Cancer Society of Finland
- 2012 Matti Äyräpää Prize, Duodecim Society, Finland (the most highly appreciated medical prize in Finland)
- 2010 Fellowship of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2010 The Finnish Medical Foundation 50-Year Anniversary Prize
- 2010 GIST Hall of Fame Award, USA
- 2007 Fellow of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2006 First Class Decoration of the White Rose Order of Knighthood, Finland
- 2006 Jan Waldenström Lecture and Prize, Sweden
- 2001 Yamanouchi Award, Finland
- 1997 Pharmacia Award, Finland
- 1995 Sakari Mustakallio Award, Finland
- 1994 Osmo Järvi Award, Finland
