Dr Karl E. Lund

Senior Researcher

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Karl Erik Lund is currently senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He was Research Director at the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research from 2006-2018. He has been involved in tobacco control work since the mid-1980s. Dr Lund has been a member of several expert committees including WHO’s International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) and served as Associate Editor in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Dr. Lund has delivered keynote lectures and chaired scientific committees for several international conferences. He has served as an expert witness for the plaintiff in several tort liability lawsuits against the tobacco industry and given statements before the UK High Court of Justice and in the European Court of Justice. Dr. Lund has received the Norwegian Medical Association’s Award in preventive medicine, he holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from 1996 and was formally assessed with qualifications as Professor in 2009.