
Lindsten, Jan
1935 Born in Stockholm, Sweden on January 23
1958 B.Sc., Uppsala University, Sweden
1963 Ph.D.,Medical Genetics, Karolinska Institute,Sweden
1969 M.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden
1960~1970 Head, Medical Genetics, Department of
Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1967~1968 Professor, Human Genetics, Aarhus University,
Denmark
1970~1990 Head, Department of Clinical Genetics,
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1970~2000 Professor, Medical Genetics, Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden
1971~1990 Scientific advisor in Clinical Genetics to the
Swedish National Board of Health
1979~1990 Secretary general of the Nobel Assembly and the
Medical Nobel Committee, Karolinska Institutet, and member
of the Board of the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
1987~1990 Chief medical officer, Karolinska Hospital,
Sweden
1990~1994 Chief executive officer, Karolinska Hospital,
Sweden
1994~1996 Chief executive officer, National University
Hospital, Denmark
1996~1998 Dean of the medical faculty at Karolinska
Institutet
2000~ Professor Emeritus, Karolinska Institutet,, Sweden
2003~ President, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences