Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation

The objective of Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation is to promote research in clinical medicine and in other health sciences.

The Board of Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation consists of a minimum of five and a maximum of seven members. The organization of the general facilities of the Biomedicum building has been arranged in a partnership agreement among the owners. According to this agreement, Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation coordinates the operation of the general facilities. The Director of Biomedicum Helsinki serves as the Executive Manager of Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation. The Clinical Research Institute HUCH Ltd., owned by Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation, provides a wide range of services needed by the research community.

Member of the Board of Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation 2010 - 2013

Jaakko Karvonen, Professor, HUS (Chairman)
Kimmo Kontula, Vice-Rector, Professor, University of Helsinki
Anna-Elina Lehesjoki, Professor, Folkhälsan Research Center
Anne Pitkäranta, Professor, University of Helsinki (Vice Chairman)
Olli Riikkala, Chairman, Helvar Merca Oy Ab 
Lasse Viinikka, Chief Medical Officer, HUS 
Henrika Zilliacus-Tikkanen, Academic, University of Helinki, Svenska social- och kommunalhögskolan

Scientific Advisory Board

Erkki Ruoslahti, Professor, The Burnham Institute (Chairman)
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Professor, University of California at San Diego
Anders Björklund, Professor, Lund University
Kay E. Davies, Professor, University of Oxford
Elisabetta Dejana, Professor, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan
Eliane Gluckman, Professor, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris
Ueli Schibler, Professor, Université de Genève
Alan L. Schwartz, Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Kai Simons, Professor, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Timothy A. Springer, Professor, Center for Blood Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Axel Ullrich, Professor, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, München

Executive Manager of Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation

Olli A. Jänne, Professor, Director of Biomedicum Helsinki