Stein Kaasa MD PhD (Norway)

Stein Kaasa MD PhD

Biography, 2010

Stein Kaasa is Professor of Palliative Medicine at the Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU), chair of “Pain and Palliation Research Group” and leader at the Palliative Medicine Unit at Trondheim University Hospital and Cancer Director, Norwegian Directorate for Health.

He also holds the position as chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Research Network (EAPC RN) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC).

Since 2006 he has been the principal investigator and director of the “The European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC)”. A 6^th Framework EU funded project under the call “Combating Major Disease – Combating Cancer” 2006-2010.

Professor Kaasa is also the leader of Workpackage (WP) 3 in “Reflecting the Positive diversities of European priorities for research and measurement in end of life care” (PRISMA); a 7^th Framework EU funded project under the call “Optimising research on end of life care of cancer patients” 2008-2011.

In 2009, he established the “The European Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC)” through an initiative by the Palliative Care Research community and EAPC among others (www.ntnu.no/prc). The PRC will establish a formal collaboration with clinical and academic institutions and individual researchers across Europe and from other parts of the world. The EAPC RN will be an important contributor and facilitator of this work.

Professor Kaasa’s main research interests are:

• Basic research in assessment and classification of symptoms and subjective health

• Intervention and prospective clinical studies in palliative medicine and cancer research

• Symptom treatment including translational research on opioids and on cachexia

Professor Kaasa has published more than 350 articles and book chapters. He has authored the Nordic Textbook of Palliative Care, is co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and he is on the editorial board of Palliative Medicine. Professor Kaasa advises many international journals, either as an advisory board member or as a reviewer. He is also an expert reviewer in the EU’s 7^th Frame Work.

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