Английская Википедия:Erik Thorsby
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Erik Stein Thorsby (July 13, 1938 – March 23, 2021) was a Norwegian physician and professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. He carried out research in immunology, specializing in transplant immunology.[1][2]
Career
Thorsby studied medicine at the University of Oslo and graduated in 1963.[3] In 1969, he earned his doctorate in medicine.[3]
Thorsby introduced tissue typing and transplant immunology as a field of study in Norwegian medicine, used for identifying tissue type–compatible donors and recipients in transplants.[1] He was also involved in launching Scandiatransplant, the Nordic cooperation organization for organ transplants. He worked at Ullevål University Hospital and Oslo University Hospital.[3] He established the Tissue Type Laboratory at Oslo University Hospital in 1970, which later became the Department of Transplant Immunology.[4] Thorsby was the head of the department from 1970 to 1998.[1] In 1983 he became a professor at the University of Oslo.[3] He was also the chief physician at the Department of Immunology,[3] where he was the head of department from 1998 to 2006.[1] From 1989 to 1990 he was dean of the University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine.[4] Thorsby became the president of the European Federation for Immunogenetics in 2002.[4]
Thorsby conducted extensive research in immunology, particularly on human leukocyte antigen molecules and transplant immunology. He studied the genetic origin of the indigenous people on Easter Island. A DNA study published in 2014 confirmed that the genetic background of the Rapa Nui people is mainly Polynesian, with 16% European elements and 8% from indigenous American peoples. The collection of genetic material from Native American peoples was dated to the period 1280–1495, long before the arrival of Europeans on the island in 1722.[5][6]
Awards
In 2004, the king appointed Thorsby a commander of the Order of St. Olav "for his research efforts in transplant immunology."[7] He received the Anders Jahre Medical Prize for junior researchers and the Norwegian Research Council's general science award for outstanding research.[3] Thorsby was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1992.[3]
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