The board

The board of Research!Sweden is responsible for the organization and management of the foundation. Among other things, the board appoints the foundation’s secretary general and has tasked her with overseeing and leading the work at the office in accordance with the board’s guidelines.

Ann-Marie Wennberg Larkö (Chair)

Professor, Sahlgrenska Academy, member of the Committee on Health Issues, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and former member, National Innovation Council

Stefan Jacobson (vice chair)

Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Senior Physician at Danderyds Hospital and former CEO of Danderyds Hospital

Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd

Founder and Secretary General of Research!Sweden, PhD in Medical Innovation & Organization and member of IVA

Anna Martling

Professor of Surgery at Karolinska Institutet and Senior Physician at Karolinska University Hospital.

Tobias Alfvén

Professor of global child health at Karolinska Institutet, pediatrician at Sachsska Children's and Youth Hospital (at Södersjukhuset) and chairman of "Agenda for Health and Prosperity"

Katrine Riklund

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Umeå University, Professor and Senior Physician at the Department of Radiation Sciences, Norrland University Hospital

Björn Odlander

M.D., Founder and Managing partner HealthCap, member of IVA and principal of The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation

Lena Gustafsson

Professor Emerita at Umeå University, former Vice-Chancellor at Umeå University, member of IVA, and board member of the Heart-Lung Foundation.

Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson

Director of Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine, Professor at Lund University and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University

Mats Eriksson

Former board chairman of Halland county council and of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) healthcare delegation
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