Draft:Jarle Breivik

Jarle Breivik (born 7 September 1968) is a Norwegian academic, medical researcher, and author. He holds the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Behavioural Medicine at the University of Oslo. Breivik's primary research concerns the evolutionary dynamics of cancer. His critical analysis of public and political discourses on cancer and cancer research has sparked international debate. Breivik's book, Making Sense of Cancer, explores cancer, aging, and humanity from an evolutionary perspective that challenges traditional narratives of the disease.

Early life and education
Breivik was born in Bergen and raised in Ålesund, Norway. He completed his medical studies at the University of Oslo, obtaining his cand. med. in 1996, and dr. med. in 2000. Breivik furthered his education as a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also earned an Ed.D. in higher education management from the Graduate School of Education in 2014.

Work
Breivik started his academic career in Dr. Gustav Gaudernack's research group at Oslo University Hospital, where he participated in the early development of cancer immunotherapy and peptide-based cancer vaccines. His primary scientific contribution concerned the evolutionary dynamics underlying the origin of genetic instability in cancer. This work sparked Breivik's interest in the fundamental understanding of cancer as an evolutionary phenomenon and how cancer development is an intrinsic consequence of the multicellular constitution. Breivik's op-ed, We Won’t Cure Cancer, challenged President Barak Obama's call for a "moonshot" to cure cancer "once and for all" and provoked an international debate about cancer research and how it is presented to the public. In the book Making Sense of Cancer: From Its Evolutionary Origin to Its Societal Impact and the Ultimate Solution, Breivik presents an integrated understanding of cancer, combining biomedical and societal aspects of the disease in the light of evolution. Dr. Richard Smith, the former editor-in-chief of The BMJ, has publically recommended the book to King Charles III.