Arvid Carlsson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 662 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.sahlgrenska.gu.se/english/research/carlsson |
Arvid Carlsson passed away June 29, 2018.
Positions Held
- 1989 Professor Emeritus at University of Gothenburg
- 1959 - 1989 Professor of Pharmacology at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1956 - 1959 Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology at University of Lund
- 1951 - 1956 Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology at University of Lund
- 1944 - 1951 Assistant of the Department of Pharmacology at University of Lund
- 1951 M.D. at University of Lund, Sweden
Fields of Scholarship
- Pharmacology
- Parkinson's disease
- Neurotransmitter dopamine
Honours and Awards
- 2000 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
- 1999 Antonio Feltrinelli International Award
- 1999 Honorary Member of the Scandinavian Society for Psychopharmacology
- 1998 Honorary Member of the German Society of Biological Psychiatry
- 1997 Kraepelin-Medaille in Gold. Max-Planck-Institut får Psychiatrie
- 1996 Plaque for "Lifetime Achievement". American Society of Biological Psychiatry
- 1996 Foreign Associate Member of The Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
- 1994 The "Lieber Prize" for research in schizophrenia
- 1991 William K. Warren Schizophrenia Research Award
- 1990 The Paul Hoch Prize, American Psychopathological Association, New York
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1985 Hilda and Alfred Eriksson's Prize
- 1982 Gairdner Foundation Award
- 1981 Björkénska Priset
- 1978 His Majesty, The King's of Sweden Medal
- 1975 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1974 Anders Jahre's Medical Prize
- 1947 Magnus Blix' Prize, University of Lund, Sweden
