John-Arne Røttingen

John-Arne Røttingen (born 27 March 1969) is a Norwegian medical scientist, research administrator and civil servant. He is the current Chief executive officer of the Research Council of Norway, and has been a special advisor to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

John-Arne Røttingen
Røttingen in 2015
Born (1969-03-27) 27 March 1969
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupationmedical scientist, research administrator and civil servant
Employer

Early life

Røttingen is from Bø, Telemark. He graduated as cand.med. in 1996 and dr.med. in 1999 from the University of Oslo, and then from the University of Oxford, and Harvard Kennedy School.[1]. He was a researcher at the University of Oslo and at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests have been epidemiology and global health.[2]

Career

In January 2017, Røttingen, served as interim CEO for the launch of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations at the World Economic Forum in Davos.[3]

In March 2017, Røttingen was appointed CEO of the Research Council of Norway.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. http://www.healthdata.org/about/john-arne-r%C3%B8ttingen
  2. Hansen, Tor Ivar. "John-Arne Røttingen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. John Cohen (2 September 2016). "New vaccine coalition aims to ward off epidemics". Science. 353 (6303).
  4. Lauritsen, Eivind Nicolai (14 June 2016). "John-Arne Røttingen blir ny direktør for Forskningsrådet". forskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. Aadland, Ingebjørg (14 June 2016). "John-Arne Røttingen blir Forskningsrådets nye direktør". forskningsradet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2018.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Arvid Hallén		 Director of the Research Council of Norway
2017–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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