Birgitta Henriques-Normark
Birgitta Henriques-Normark | |
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.jpg) Henriques-Normark at the 2024 Nobel Prize lectures | |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, researcher |
Birgitta Henriques Normark is a Swedish doctor and researcher, focusing on the field of host-bacteria interactions and pneumococcal infections. She is a professor of Clinical Microbiology at the Karolinska Institute and is the head physician at the Karolinska University Hospital. She is a member of a number of academies including the European Academy of Microbiology, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, of which she was elected president in 2022.
Career
[edit]As a physician, Henriques-Normark worked at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, where she became the department head.[1] In 2008, Henriques-Normark became a professor in the field of medical microbial pathogenesis, and then in 2011, was appointed to a joint position as a professor of Clinical Microbiology at the Karolinska Institute and Head Physician at the Karolinska University Hospital, in the department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology.[1] In the same year, she was awarded a grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to study pneumococcal infections, which amounts to 25.8 million SEK over 5 years.[2]
She is an elected member or fellow of a number of academic societies: in 2013, she was elected fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology,[1] in 2015 as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology,[3][1] in 2018 as a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences,[4] and in 2019 both as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation[5] and as a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, which awards the Nobel Prize.[6] In 2022, she was elected president of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences.[4]
She has fulfilled a number of key roles at the Karolinska Institute. She was the Vice Dean for Recruitment for 6 years, the Academic Vice President for Research,[1] and Chairman of the Committee for Research.[4] Outside of the KI, she has evaluated research for the ERC and the EU commission,[1] is a member of a steering board for medicine and health at the Swedish Research Council,[1] and is a member of the European Academy of Microbiology Executive Board.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Fellows". FEMS. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "She wants to defuse pneumococcal bacteria | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation". kaw.wallenberg.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b "Birgitta Henriques Normark | Karolinska Institutet". staff.ki.se. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b c "Birgitta Henriques Normark new President of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences". Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "EMBO elects 56 new Members – Press releases – EMBO". 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ admin. "The Nobel Assembly". The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- Swedish physicians
- Living people
- Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute
- 21st-century Swedish women physicians
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Swedish women scientists
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Women medical researchers
- Swedish medical researchers
- Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology