CCB’s Edgar Rivedal is appointed Chairperson of the IARC Scientific Council

Edgar Rivedal from the Department of Cancer Prevention headed by Ragnhild A. Lothe at the Institute for Cancer Research, is newly appointed Chairperson of the Scientifc Council at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

The Scientific Council consists of highly qualified scientists, selected on the basis of their technical competence in cancer research and allied fields. Members of the Scientific Council are appointed as experts and not as representatives of Participating States. The purpose of this Council is, among other things, to make periodical evaluations of IARC’s activities, to make recommendations on the programme of permanent activities and to prepare special projects to be submitted to the Governing Council.

To read an interview (in Norwegian only) with Edgar Rivedal published on the homepage of The Research Council of Norway, please click here: Ruster seg mot drastisk kreftøkning.