Prof Bob Harris

Organisation

Karolinska Institutet

Job title

Director of Doctoral Education

Biography

Prof. Robert Harris is a research group leader at the Centre for Molecular Medicine, a designated translational medicine centre at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Harris is a Central Director of doctoral education at KI, working specifically with developing quality control for KI doctoral education through a variety of teaching and organisational activities, and also teaches widely at national and international institutions. In 2014 he was one of two recipients of the KI pedagogy prize, the first to receive it for a contributions to doctoral education. Harris is also President of ORPHEUS, The Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System, which aims to stimulate quality assurance of PhD research and education and to strengthen career opportunities for PhD graduates.