Barbro B. Johansson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1419 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Barbro B. Johansson passed away December 2, 1999.
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1981 Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Neurology Lund University
Fields of Scholarship
- Blood-brain barrier and brain edema
- Experimental and clinical stroke
- Brain plasticity in the intact and damage brain, rehabilitation, language and music.
Honours and Awards
- Sir Thomas Willis Award, 1999 The American Heart Association and Stroke Council
- Halland Academy Prize for Culture and Science, 2002
- Bengt Falck Award for Neuroscience, Lund University 2008
- Chairperson for The Swedish Dyslexia Foundation 2000-2007
- Vice-chairman for The International Rodin Remediation Academy since 2002 (dyslexia and language development)
- Member of the advisory board for the Stroke Competence Network, German Ministry of Research 2000-2005
- Member of the board of International Stroke Society 1989-1996, and of the Steering Committee of World Federation of Neurology (WFN) 1997-2001
- Member of the Academia Europaea since 1993 and of the Section Committee for Physiology and Medicine of the Academia 1995-2006
- Member of the European Dana Alliance for the Brain and of the Flying Academy of World Federation of Neuro-rehabilitation
