Lena Carlsson#
| Membership Number: | 2075 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cmr.gu.se/carlsson |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2000 Professor of Clinical Metabolic Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg, Sweden
- 1995-2000 Senior research position, Swedish Medical Research Council
- 1992-1995 House officer, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Division, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
- 1991-1992 Scientist, Endocrine Research Department, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco CA, USA
- 1990-1991 Postdoc, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Long-term effects of bariatric surgery
- Obesity and associated metabolic diseases
Honours and Awards
- Board member of the Scientific Council for Medicine at the Swedish Research Council 2007-
- Board member of the Gothenburg Mathematical Modelling Centre, a Strategic Research Centre in Mathematical Modelling at Chalmers University of Technology
- Chairman, Swedish Research Council, study group “Endocrinology/Metabolic diseases and Gynaecology, Reproduction/perinatal”, 2007-
- Chairman, Swedish Research Council, study group “Post Doc”, 2005-2006
- Member of the Board of the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Göteborg, Sweden (2003-2007)
- Member of the Faculty Board, Medical Faculty, University of Göteborg, Sweden (1996-2003)
- Member of the Council of the Growth Hormone Research Society (1993-2004)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Growth Hormone Research Society Conferences, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
- Member of the Academia Europaea, 2002
