Professor Edvinsson is leading expert in the field of (1) cerebral circulation and (2) migraine. He is world recognized for his work on vascular innervation and receptor regulation. His extensive research has been a major contributor to what is known about the roles of the cerebral vasculature in health and diseases such as stroke and primary headaches. He has written the major textbook in the field; Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (1993 Raven Press, 2002 Lippincott Williams Wilkins). In the field of headache he is now a president of The International Headache society. Recently, his groundbreaking work on the sensory system has resulted in new medicine being introduced small molecular CGRP-blockers for acute attacks and antibodies towards CGRP or CGRP-receptors as prophylaxis chronic migraine.
Method Expertise: Immunohistochemistry, qPCR, Western blot, molecular biology of cell signaling, mRNA arrays, proteomics, cell and organ cultures, animal models for acute stroke and acute myocardial infarcts, pharmacology and treatment methods, string myography and perfusion myography for receptor and functional studies of isolated blood vessels.
EDUCATION
• DMSGI, Medicine, Lunds University, Faculty of Medicine, Neurogenic mechanisms in the cerebrovascular bed, C Owman, 1975
• MD, Medicine, Lunds University, Faculty of Medicine, 1980
• Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Lunds University, Faculty of Medicine, 1985
• Specialist in Internal Medicine, Medicine, Lunds University, Faculty of Medicine, 1988
EMPLOYMENT current on-going
• Lunds University, SWEDEN
◦ 2002- Professor in Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
◦ 1985- Director, Experimental Vascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Center
◦ 1988- Specialist in Internal Medicine, Lunds University Hospital
• University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
◦ 2011- Director, Center of Excellence in Stroke Research, Glostrup Research Institute
◦ 2008- Professor in Receptor Regulation Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
◦ 2007- Director and founder, Glostrup Research Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital
ASSIGNETION
• 2009- Member , Human Ethics Committee, Lund, Sweden
• 2004- Adjunct Professor, Xian University, Xian, China
• 1997- Chairman, Department of Experimental Clinical research, Glostrup Research Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1996-2002 Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, Lunds University, Lund, Sweden
• 1990- Adjunct Professor in Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University , Illinois, USA
• 1990-1995 Professor in Neuroscience (20%), Trondheim University, Norway
• 1988-1996, Lecturer, Lunds University, Lund, Sweden
• 1983-2003 Vice-Chair, Member, Animal Ethics Committee, Lunds University, Lund, Sweden
HONORS and AWARDS
• 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Headache Society
• 2012 Honorary Doctorate, University of Szeged, Hungary
• 2008-2011 Bland Lane International Distinguished Professor Award, FAMRI, USA
• 2002- Honorary Fellow, British Pharmacology Society
• 1985- Honorary Fellow, Stroke Council, American Heart Association
ASSIGNETION SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
• 2014-2016 Elected Trustee and Director, International Headache Society
• 2013- Member , Directorate, European Headache Federation
COMPLETED TUTORING OF RECENT PhD STUDANTS
• Waldsee, Roya 2011
• Sandhu, Hardip 2011
• Maddahi, Aida 2012
• Back, Christina 2013
• Cao, Lei 2013
• Ahnstedt, Hilda 2013
• Rasmussen, Marianne Paola 2013
• Eftekhari, Sajedeh 2013
• Johansson, Sara 2014
• Holt Müller, Anna 2016
• Spary, Stine 2016
• Grell, Anne-Sofie 2017
• Brögger, Sarah 2017
• Hasbak, Philip 2017
PhD students becoming Professors
• David Erlinge, prof. Cardiology
• Edward Högestätt, prof. Clinical Pharmacology
• Malin Malmsjö, prof. Ophthalmology
• Lennart Minthon, prof. Psychogeriatrics
• Lars Olaf Cardell, prof. Oto-rhino-laryngology
GRANTS
• SWEDEN
◦ Research Council (VR-Vetenskaps rådet) 2015-2019
◦ Heart-Lung Foundation (HLF – Hjärt-Lung fonden) 2017-18
◦ KA Wallenberg Foundation 2017
• DENMARK
◦ Danish Medical Research Council
◦ Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
◦ The Lundbeck Foundation:
▪ LUCENS group 2005-2014
▪ Center of Excellence in Stroke 2011-2019
MISCELLANEOUS
• H-index – 84
• Citations in total – 35419
• Citations in the past – 1500/year