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Finland Finland
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Secretary General, Cancer Society of Finland
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Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals
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Sakari Karjalainen is the Secretary General of the Cancer Society of Finland since November 2011. He was until Nov 2011 the Director General of the Department of Education and Science Policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. He is MD, holds a docotorate in medical sciences (epidemiology) and is a Docent at the Tampere University. Prior to his appointment to the Director General in May 2006 he worked as the Director of the Science Policy Division of the Ministry of Education since 2002. Before that he served eight years as the Secretary General of Research Council for Health at the Academy of Finland, which is the main funding organisation for academic research in Finlan...
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