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Kåre Berg

Dr. Kåre Berg is Professor of Medicine, University of Oslo and was until recently Head of its Institute of Medical Genetics, and Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medical Genetics, as well as Director, Center for Preventive Medicine, Ulleval University Hospital. Professor Berg is Advisor to the Human Genetics Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-author of its Proposed International Guidelines on Ethical Issues in MedicalGenetics and Genetic Sevices (WHO, 1998) and Review of Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics (WHO, 2003). His main research interests are the genetics of common disorders, gene-environment interaction, and the Lp(a) lipoprotein (which he discovered). Professor Berg is the author of more than 600 scientific or bioethical papers and the editor of several books, and he edited the monthly journal Clinical Geneticsfor 26 years. Professor Berg has been Norwegian delegate to the bioethics committees of the Council of Europe and Chairman, Permanent Committee of the International Congresses of Human Genetics.

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