Background
Jansen, Jan Kristian Schøning was born on January 16, 1931 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Jan Birger and Helen (Schøning) Jansen.
Jansen, Jan Kristian Schøning was born on January 16, 1931 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Jan Birger and Helen (Schøning) Jansen.
Doctor of Medicine, Oslo University, Norway, 1955. Doctor medical, Oslo University, Norway, 1957.
Internship Bodø Hospital, Norway, 1957-1958. Research fellow Rockefeller Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1959-1960. Amanuensis Oslo (Norway) University, 1961-1968.
Visiting professor Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1969-1971. Dosent Oslo (Norway) University, 1968-1978, professor, since 1979. Chairman Nansen Foundation, 1986-1991.
Member Norwegian Academy of Sciences (board directors 1989-1992), Academia Europaea, Physiological Society.
Married Lisbeth Bjørneby, April 10, 1954 (divorced March 15, 1974). Children: Elisabeth, Cathrine, Jan B., Peder A., Tobias. Married Helen Troye, June 22, 1981.