Ragnhild Adelheid Lothe (born 23 August 1958) is a Norwegian microbiologist and cancer researcher. Lothe was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, but grew up in

Gjøvik Gjøvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Gjøvik (town), town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Norway, Biri, Bybrua, ...

. She studied mathematics, chemistry and biology at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

and

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, graduating from the former with a master's thesis on

microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

written at the State Institute of Public Health. She took her

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

degree at the University of Oslo in 1992. She now resides at

Frogner, Oslo Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstua. The borough is named after ...

. Lothe heads a research department at the

Norwegian Radium Hospital Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet () is one of the four campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, and is dedicated to cancer treatment. This part of the hospital is the most specialized hospital in Norway for cancer therapy and ...

and is a "professor II" at the Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo. Lothe has been leader of the

Norwegian Cancer Society The Norwegian Cancer Society () is a non-profitmaking organisation in Norway. History It was established as in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with in 1948. Its purpose is to help patients with cancer, increase awareness of ca ...

's research committee, chairperson of the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, member of the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine and editor of the journal '' Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis''. She is a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

. In 2007 she was awarded the

King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research The King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research is a research award given annually by the Norwegian Cancer Society to a researcher who has distinguished himself through his scientific contributions to Norwegian cancer research. It was established in 19 ...

of the

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1958 births Living people People from Gjøvik University of Bergen alumni University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian microbiologists Women microbiologists Cancer researchers Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{Norway-academic-bio-stub