Per A. Gustavsson
Torneågatan 26, S-164 79 Kista, Sweden
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: June 22, 1950, Stockholm, Sweden
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
1. MD, Karolinska Institutet, 1975
2. Specialist in Occupational Medicine, 1985
3. Doctor of Medical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 1989. Dissertation
entitled: Cancer and ischemic heart disease in occupational groups exposed
to combustion products.
4. Specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1993-12-08
5. Associate professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Karolinska
Institute, 1996-01-10
CURRENT POSITION:
Head of the Unit of Occupational Medicine (formerly the Section of Occupational
Medicine) at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (Karolinska
Hospital), Stockholm Public Health Center, since 1998.
EARLIER POSITIONS:
1989-1998 Senior physician at the Unit of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska
Hospital, Stockholm.
1987-1988 Research physician at the department of Occupational Medicine
at the National Institute of Occupational Health.
1984-1987 Physician at the Department of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska
Hospital.
1982-1984 Research physician at the department of Occupational Medicine
at the National Institute of Occupational Health
1980-1982 Resident at the department of Internal Medicine at Södersjukhuset,
Stockholm.
1979-1980 Resident at the department of Occupational Medicine at
Södersjukhuset, Stockholm.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Occupational cancer and cardiovascular disease epidemiology, focussing
on effects of exposure to combustion products and motor exhaust, as well
as the health of professional drivers. Methodological developments in the
area of linking exposure information derived by occupational hygienists
to health effects, by epidemiologic methods.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
Swedish Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (former
secretary and board member)
Swedish Society of Epidemiology
Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (board member), the
Swedish Medical Association
SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Main supervisor for two doctoral students; a resident in Occupational and
Environmental Medicine and an occupational hygienist.
Assistant supervisor for a biostatistician
Former doctoral students with completed dissertations: two physicians/epidemiologists
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Around 50 original articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals,
and about 60 research reports.