Group leader: Susanne Krüger Kjær

Susanne Krüger Kjær is a medical doctor and has since 1995 been head of a research unit in the Danish Cancer Society.

Since 2005, she has been a clinical professor in Cancer Epidemiology at Dept. of Gynaecology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, while still being head of Virus, Lifestyle and Genes. In 2018, she became a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Her personal focus is bringing the research results out into the clinic and to train the next generation of researchers.

Susanne Krüger Kjær has been a member of several scientific councils such as the Danish Cancer Society Scientific Committee (KBVU), Rigshospitalet Research Council, Johannes Clemmesens research Fund, the Italian Association for Cancer Research, and member of the Board in the Lundbeck Foundation.