Background
Ruoslahti, Erkki was born on February 16, 1940 in Puumala, Finland.
cell biologist cancer researcher
Ruoslahti, Erkki was born on February 16, 1940 in Puumala, Finland.
B. in Medicine, University Helsinki, Finland, 1961. Doctor of Medicine, University Helsinki, Finland, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Immunology, University Helsinki, Finland, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1991.
Research/teaching assistant department serology and bacteriology University Helsinki, 1964-1966. Head blood group department State Serum Institute, Helsinki, 1966-1968. National Institutes of Health research fellow California Institute of Technology, 1968-1970.
Assistant professor, acting associate professor department serology and bacteriology University Helsinki, Finland, 1970-1975. Professor bacteriology and serology University Turku, Finland, 1975-1976. Senior research scientist department immunology City of Hope, National Medical Center, Duarte, California, 1976, director immunobiology division immunology, 1976—1979.
Associate science director Cancer Research Foundation (now Sanford Bunham Medical Research Institute), La Jolla, California, 1979-1980. Scientific director Cancer Research Foundation (now The Burnham Institute), 1980—1995, vice president, chief operating officer, 1982-1989, president, Chief Executive Officer and director National Cancer Institute Cancer Center, 1989—2001. Distinguished professor Sanford Bunham Medical Research Institute, since 2002.
Adjunct professor department pathology University California, San Diego, 1980-2004, department bioengineering, since 2003. Member pathobiochemistry study section National Cancer Institute, 1981-1985. Robert and Estelle Stadtler lecturer University Texas, Systems Cancer Center, 1984, Burton L. Baker Memorial lecturer University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987, Harvey Society lecturer, 1988, Jeanette Piperno Memorial lecturer Temple University, Philadelphia, 1989, G.H.A. Clowes award and lecturer American Association Cancer Research, 1990, Karl H. Beyer lecturer University Wisconsin, 1990, Walter Hubert lecturer 33d Annual Meeting, British Association for Cancer Research, 1992.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Finnish Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organization, Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academies. Nobel fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.