Patrik Brundin#
| Membership Number: | 2271 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.med.lu.se/expmed/neuronal_survival_unit/team/brundin_p |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000 Professor of Neuroscience at the Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, at Lund University, Head of the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University
- 2000 Professor of Experimental Neuropathology at Copenhagen University, DK
- 1999 Permanent position as Associate professor of Neuroscience at Lund University
- 1998 Lecturer in Experimental Medicine at Lund University
- 1995-1998 Swedish Medical Research Council research position
- 1994 License to practice medicine (läkarlegimitation)
- 1992-1994 80% clinical internship, 20% research associate
- 1990-1992 Clinical program Lund Medical School
- 1988-1990 Post-doctoral position at the Dept of Medical Cell Research, Lund University
- 1983-1988 Graduate student (supervisor Anders Björklund)
Fields of Scholarship
- neurological disorders of the basal ganglia
Honours and Awards
- The Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for outstanding research contributions in the field of neural transplantation and repair
- 2003 Awarded the Medal of Honour from the Swedish Parkinson Association
- 2001 Presented with The Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award for research and academic leadership by the Swedish Junior Chamber
- 2001 Awarded the Catedra Santiago Grisolía Chair Prize, Valencia, Spain
- 1999 Awarded Dr Eric K Fernström Foundation's Prize to Young Swedish Scientists
- 1999 Harvard Macy Program for Leaders in Medical Education, Boston, USA
- 1994 Awarded the Swedish Medical Research Council grant for young promising scientists
- 1994 'New Investigator lecture award', Montreal Neurology Institute, Canada
- 1989 Selected for the inaugural course at the International School of Neuroscience, Italy
- 1989 Presented with the Oscar II award for best medical thesis in Lund 1988-1989
- 2008-today Research Council of Huntington's Disease Society
- 2006-2007 Editorial board of J Neural Transm
- 2004-today Elected as member of Academia Europea
- 2003-2004 Head of the Committee for the Clinical/Basic Science Links program, IBRO
- 2003-2005 Steering committee of the Euro-HD Network
- 2002-2005 Vice Chairman of SWEMODIS (Swedish Movement Disorder Society), Sweden
- 2002-2004 Chairman of Phase III Executive Committe, Medical Faculty of Lund University, Sweden
- 2002-2004 Future Centre Network, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden
- 2001 Chairman of the Gordon conference entitled 'CAG triplet repeat disorders', July 2001
- 2000 Co-organiser of the international conference entitled 'The role of mitochondria in apoptosis and neurodegeneration', June 2000
- 2000 Organizing committee of the international one day sym-posium Stem Cells in the Future Treatment of Movement Disorders
- 1999-2000 Chairman of the 'Research Strategy 2000 group' at the Medical Faculty in Lund, Sweden
- 1999 Organizing committee for international conferences entitled 'CAG triplet repeat expansion in neurologic disease' and 'The future of neural grafting in Parkinson's disease'
- 1999-today Editorial board of Experimental Neurology
- 1998-today Editorial board of Neuroscience
- 1998-2002 Section editor for neuroscience in Cell Transplantation
- 1998-1999 Chairman of the Medical Faculty Information Committee in Lund, Sweden
- 1997-2000 Chairman of the 'Experimental Work' Group in the EU-sponsored Concertation of the European strategies for intervention in Parkinson's disease with special emphasis on functional neurosurgery (NIPD)
- 1997-1999 Selection committee for the Lund Graduate School of Biomedical Research, Sweden
- 1997-1999 Chairman of the Information (IT) committee at the Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden
- 1997-1999 Chairman of the Neurobiology Club in Lund, Sweden
- 1997 Project evaluation committee for the National Network in Neuroscience, Sweden
- 1995-1998 Chairman of the 'research education group' at the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden
- 1994-today Member of the editorial board of Cell Transplantation
- 1994-2000 President of NECTAR (Network for European CNS Transplantation and Restoration)
- 1993-today Advisor to The Myelin Project, USA
- 1990 Member of the local organizing committee for the inter-national Fernström symposium on Intracerebral transplantation in movement disorders: experimental basis and clinical experiences
