Lars E. Hanssen

Lars E. Hanssen (born 26 May 1949) is a Norwegian physician and civil servant.

In 1989 Hanssen finished the master's study of health administration at the University of Oslo, in 1990 the Educational Staff Development Programme (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education), in 1995 Norwegian Defence University College, and in 2000 NATO Defence College in Rome.

He holds medical specialities in internal medicine (1986), gastroenterology (1986) and endocrinology (1989).

Lars E. Hanssen chaired the Governing Council of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO in Lyon.

He has published 200 scientific papers, been Editor-in-Chief of Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology (editions in English, Spanish and Chinese) is former Chair of the Research Board on Medicine and Health, Research Council of Norway.