Joseph Rafter (1953)
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Education
1975
M.Sc. in Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
1982Ph.D. in Medical Chemistry, KI, Stockholm
E-mail: joseph.rafter@mednut.ki.se
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Education
1975
M.Sc. in Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland1982
Ph.D. in Medical Chemistry, KI, Stockholm
E-mail: joseph.rafter@mednut.ki.se
- Mechanisms underlying the dietary etiology of colon cancer
- Development of risk markers for assessing cancer risk of dietary factors
- Assessment of health effects of functional foods
- Host-microbe crosstalk
Scientific activities:
- 143 scientific publications
- Have lectured at approx. 50 international symposia
- 7 postdoctoral fellows have been supervised
- 7 PhD students have been supervised
- 2 PhD/1 Masters students presently supervised
- Have had 2 visiting professors/1 assoc. prof. on sabbaticals
| 1982 - 1984 | Research fellowship, Swedish Cancer Society, Stockholm |
| 1984 | 'Docent' (assistant professor) in Medical & Physiological Chemistry, KI, Stockholm |
| 1984 - 1985 | Postdoctoral fellowship, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Toronto, Canada |
| 1985 - 1999 | 'Universitetslektor' (associate professor) in Medical Nutrition, KI, Stockholm |
| 1988 | Visiting professor (invited), Carcinogenesis Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1999 - 2003 | Professor of Medical Nutrition, KI, Stockholm |
| Committees: | |
| 2000 | Member of selection committee for position at Karolinska Institutet: Professor in Biomedical Ecology/Director for gnotobiological core facility. |
| 2002 - 2004 | Chairman of "Surrogate Endpoints for Diet-Related Cancer" committee in EU funded project: PASSCLAIM, A process for the assessment of scientific support for claims on foods (coordinated by ILSI Europe) |
| 2002 (July) | Member of group of experts who assessed "Expressions of Interest" submitted to the Sixth Framework Programme of the EU, related to thematic priority 5, "Food quality and safety" |
American Association for Cancer Research
NASA Food Technology Center Adjunct Faculty
On editorial board for:
Food & Chemical Toxicology
European Journal of Cancer Prevention
Nutraceuticals and Food
Food Biotechnology
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