Background
Lønning, Per Eystein was born on September 15, 1953 in Bergen, Norway. Son of Per and Ingunn (Bartz-Johannesen) Lønning.
Lønning, Per Eystein was born on September 15, 1953 in Bergen, Norway. Son of Per and Ingunn (Bartz-Johannesen) Lønning.
Doctor of Medicine, University Bergen, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bergen, 1989.
House officer medicine/surgery/general practice, 1979-1980. Military physician, 1981—1982. Registrar, department oncology Haukeland University Hospital, 1982—1983.
Research fellow Norwegian Cancer Society, 1984-1985. Registrar, department medicine Haukeland University Hospital, 1985—1986, senior registrar, department oncology, 1986—1988, 1989, professor oncology, since 1992, consultant in oncology and radiotherapy, department oncology, since 1990. Clinical research registrar, department medicine and academic biochemistry Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Surrey, 1988—1989.
Professor oncology University Bergen, since 1998. Member advisory board AstraZeneca, Aventis, Micromet, Novartis, Pfizer, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Yamanouchi.
Member of Norwegian Cancer Society (general council 1993—2001, member editorial board 1991-1995, Olav V Norwegian National prize in Cancer Research 1999).
Married Inger Østvik, October 13, 1979.