Graduated high school Stockholm 1957,
Medical studies from 1957-67 at Karolinska Institutet, graduated medical school 1967,
PhD 1973, “Bile acid metabolism in cholestasis of infancy”(7 papers) Karolinska Institutet
Associate Professor 1973 at Karolinska Institute , Medical certification 1967, certification in Pediatrics 1974 (and merits for certification in clinical chemistry)
Positions: Assistant at Dept of Histology 4 y 6 m 1958-1963
Resident (short times) in Anaesthesiology, Infection, Internal Medicine and Surgery
Resident in Clinical Chemistry 4 y, Resident in Pediatrics 6 y, Consultant in 20 y at Karolinska Institutet at Crown Princess Louise Children´s Hospital, S:t Göran Children´s Hospital and Huddinge Children´s Hospital
Professor in Pediatrics from 1990 in17 y (chairman at the Dept 4 y) at Göteborg University and Queen Silvia Children´s Hospital.
Affiliated researcher at Karolinska Institutet Huddinge 2010 - ff ; to Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition - 20231231, to CLINTEC from 2024-01-01- ff.
Head of Lipid Research laboratory from 1975-2011 (at Huddinge Hospital Research Centre 1975-1990 and at Queen Silvia Children´s Hospital 1990-2011).
Visiting professor and faculty member at courses all over the world since 1978, invited speaker 1-3 times/year- cont (latest in Tokyo April 2024).
Expert evaluation of professors, awards, foundations and to the National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare , Chairman of Childrens’ Right in Society (BRIS) 1982-4
Member of the Board of the Department for > 20 yr, in Faculty Board for Research, Budget Appointment Board etc, Member of the Board of the Göteborg University 1990-94, Pro-vice counsellor of Göteborg University 1995-1997. Member of the Board of the Swedish Research Council 2003-2004. Expert to the Ministry of Social Welfare and to the Ministry for Education 2001-20003, Expert in some governmental investigations. Member of several international and national societies (president of European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition – ESPGAN – 1989-1993, of Working Group of CF 1996-98, Board member 1992-98 and President of Swedish Society of Medicine 1999-2001. Board member in ISSFAL 2016-2020.
Member of the University Committée of Ethics (12 y) and of Animal Experiments 3 y (vice chairman)
Member of the Faculty Ethical Board 1996-2004, Member of the Swedish Medical Research Ethical Committée against Defaults and Misconduct in Research 1996-2000, Member of corresponding Committee for the Swedish Research Council 2001 – 2011.
Founder and Director of Centre for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in Stockholm 1974-90 and in Gothenburg 1992-2003. Member of the Scientific Medical Advisory Council for International CF (Mucoviscidosis) Association 1993-2000 and in European CF Society 1994 – 2000 and in European Epidemiological Registry of CF 1996-2000. Awards: Received the 2000 CFRI Professional Excellence Award, USA, for “tireless dedication and outstanding contribution to CF research and the cystic fibrosis community”. Award from ESPGHAN 2018 for lifelong contribution and from ECFS for lifelong research and care of CF patients 2015. Appointed fellow at ISSFAL 2023.
Guest researchers from Japan (3 x 2 yr + 1x 3 mth) and from Czeck, Belgium, Great Britain, China, Russia and Slovakia (1-3 mths).
Supervisor of 22 PhD students 1982, 1987 (x2), 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997 (+1 ass supervisor), 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005 (x2), 2006 and 2007 (ass supervisor), 2008, 2009, 2011(+ 2 ass supervisor), 2019 (ass supervisor).
Faculty opponent 15 times, incl. in Finland, Denmark and Belgium, latest time in Copenhagen dec.2012.
More than 300 original papers . Many chapters in books (+2 books), reviews etc. More than 500 abstracts.
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