Lou Brundin

Biography

Lou Brundin works as Professor/senior physician in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She earned her Ph.D. in sensory physiology (hearing) from Karolinska Institutet during 1991. She holds a position as Vice president of R&D at Karolinska Hospital, Elected board of research education; she also serves as a Member of the national board for MD neuro-contents. She is the Director of studies in neurology at KS Solna since 04. Head of the neuro section at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience since 2011. She is awarded with Swedish society of neurology teaching prize "The golden hammer" during 2009. At present she is leading a research group of 10 researchers devoted to neural repair/stem cell biology. The group is studying how inflammation affects the stem cells and how healing can be encouraged in patients with MS by using the nervous system's own stem cells. Brundin have supervised five PhD students and been co-supervisor for three PhD students. Right now she is the main supervisor for two PhD students, co-supervisor for three PhD students and main supervisor for three postdocs. She have acted as opponent 3 times and participated in the dissertation board on 22 occasions.

Research Interest

Neuroinfectious Diseases, Neurology & Neurophysiology, Translational Neurosciences, Clinical & Experimental Neuroimmunology, Neurosurgery and Clinical Neurology.