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.