Lauri A. Aaltonen wins Anders Jahre Award

Professor Lauri A. Aaltonen is the winner of the 2024 Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research for his discoveries of mechanisms that contribute to cancer development in humans.

Professor Aaltonen is an internationally recognised cancer researcher based at the University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine. Currently, he heads the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tumour Genetics Research with funding from the Research Council of Finland. He is also an integral part of iCAN as the PI of the iCAN-LUMI subproject.

More information on Aaltonen’s achievements and background at www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/2024/aaltoselle-jahre-palkinto