Anders Hamsten#
| Membership Number: | 4164 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://staff.ki.se/people/anders-hamsten |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - 2016 Vice-Chancellor (President) of Karolinska Institutet
- 1999 Professor of cardiovascular diseases, Karolinska Institutet
- 1999 - 2012 Senior consultant in cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital
- 2007 - 2012 Affiliated member, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
- 1999 - 2007 Chairman, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
- 1997 - 1998 Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Karolinska Institutet
- 1991 - 1997 Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation Senior Scientist in cardiovascular research, Karolinska Institutet
- 1987 - 1990 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Fields of Scholarship
- Genomics
- Human genetics
- Lipoproteins
- Coagulation
- Cardiovascular medicine
- Cardiology
- Atherosclerosis
Honours and Awards
- Friedrich Merz Prize, University of Frankfurt 1997
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP); elected according to “bye- law 39b” (scientific excellence) 2002
- Distinguished Professor Award from Karolinska Institutet 2010
- Member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, 2004-
- Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine 2004; 2010-2012
