Olli Carpen 's Biography

Olli Carpen , Professor of Pathology, Scientific Director , University of Helsinki & Helsinki Biobank

Olli Carpén, MD, PhD, is Professor of Pathology at University of Helsinki, Finland, Scientific Director of Helsinki Biobank (www.hus.fi/en/about-hus/helsinkibiobank) and Senior Consultant of Diagnostic Pathology at Helsinki University Hospital. He has been actively involved in establishing the Finnish biobank network and especially in building the first Finnish hospital-integrated biobanks, Auria Biobank and Helsinki Biobank. His major focus is in combination of patient-derived biobank samples with comprehensive longitudinal electronic health information to create novel innovation platforms. His main research interests involve prognostic and predictive biomarkers in gynecological and colorectal cancer and melanoma. He is an author of over 160 scientific publications and holds several diagnostic patents/patent applications.