Folke Sjöqvist#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 590 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Folke Sjöqvist passed away March 30, 2020.
Positions Held
- Since 1999 Professor emeritus in clinical pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet
- 1987 - 1997 Chief physician/research director at Huddinge University Hospital
- 1970 - 1999 Professor and head physician in clinical pharmacology at the University of Linköping (1970-1972) and the Karolinska Institutet (1972-1999)
- 1970 Nominated for the first chair in clinical pharmacology in Scandinavia
- 1965 - 1969 Reader in clinical pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet
- 1963 - 1965 Training in clinical pharmacology in USA at the National Heart Institute, NIH, Bethesda and Dept. of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
- 1962 - 1963 Acting associate professor in basic pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet and consultant in clinical pharmacology to the Royal Swedish Medical Board of Health
Fields of Scholarship
- Clinical pharmacology
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Tne BCPT Nordic prize in pharmacoloy and toxicology
- 2010 Chairman of the scientific liaison group between IUPHAR and WHO
- 2009 Life time achievement award EACPT
- 1995 - 2000 Chairman European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT)
- 1982 - 2006 Honorary doctor degrees at Universities in France, Finland, Estonia, England, and Denmark
- 1987 - 1997 Chief physician/research director at Huddinge University Hospital.
- 1972 - 1999 Member of the Nobel Assembly and Nobel Committee in Medicine. Member of the Swedish Drug Board, chairman of the Swedish Committee on Adverse Drug Reactions
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1980 - 1987 Member of the board of Karolinska Institutet. Chairman of the curriculum committee for medical students, Karolinska Institutet
- l971 The Anders Jahre junior prize in medicine,University of Oslo
- l971 The Anna Monica prize in psychopharmacology,University of Basel
