Arvid Carlsson
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Jan. 25, 1923. Entered the University of Lund, Sweden, in 1941. “M.L.” (corresponding to American M.D.), 1951, “M.D.” (corresponding to American Ph.D.), 1951, Univ. of Lund. Assistant of the Department of Pharmacology, Univ. of Lund from 1944, Assistant Professor 1951, Associate Professor 1956. 1959 Professor of Pharmacology, Univ. of Gothenburg, Sweden (Chairman 1959-1976). Emeritus 1989. Visiting Scientist at the Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md., USA, 1955-1956.
Box 431, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
| Awards and Distinguished Lectures | |
| 1947 | Magnus Blix’ Prize, Univ. of Lund, Sweden. |
| 1970 | “First Annual James Parkinson Lecture and Award”, Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, New York. |
| “Pehr Dubb’s Gold Medal, for research in neurochemistry, The Medical Society of Gothenburg. | |
| 1973 | “Second Annual Grass Foundation Lecture”, Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California. |
| 1974 | “Anders Jahre’s Medical Prize” University of Oslo, Norway. |
| 1975 | “Stanley R. Dean Lecture and Award, American College of Psychiatrists, Phoenix, Arizona. |
| “Anna-Monika Stiftung, 1st Prize”, Munich, for research on antidepressants and neuroleptics. | |
| 1978 | His Majesty, The King’s of Sweden Medal. |
| 1979 | “Wolf Prize in Medicine”, Jerusalem, Israel (together with R.W. Sperry and O. Hornykiewicz). |
| 1981 | “Björkénska Priset”, Univ. of Uppsala, Sweden. |
| “The Thomas William Salmon Lectures and Medal”, New York. | |
| 1982 | “Gairdner Foundation Award”, Toronto, Canada. |
| 1985 | “Hilda and Alfred Eriksson’s Prize”, The Royal Swedish Academy of Science. |
| “Senator Dr. Franz Burda Stiftung”, Vienna, Austria, for Research on Parkinson’s Disease. | |
| 1986 | The Medal of Helsinki University, Finland. |
| 1988 | “Annual Neurobiology Lectureship Award, Univ. of Lund, Sweden. The “Jubileumspris” of the Swedish Medical Association. |
| 1989 | “Distinguished Lecture Series”, Irvine Neuroscience Association, Irvine, California. |
| “The Second Annual Bristol-Myers Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research”, New York (together with J. Axelrod and P. Greengard). | |
| “Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. | |
| 1990 | “The Paul Hoch Prize”, American Psychopathological Association, New York. |
| “The Fred Springer Award”, American Parkinson Disease Association, Miami, Florida. | |
| 1991 | “William K. Warren Schizophrenia Research Award, Tucson, Arizona. |
| 1992 | The “Open Mind Award in Psychiatry”, Janssen Research Foundation, Paris, France, together with H. Hippius and H. van Praag. |
| The “Julius Axelrod Medal”, The Catecholamine Club, Anaheim, California. | |
| 1993 | Lilly Lecture, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| 1994 | Albert Barrett Memorial Lecture, Univ. of Michigan. |
| The Japan Prize, in Psychology and Psychiatry, The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. | |
| The “Lieber Prize” for research in schizophrenia, given by the Scientific Council of The National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression, USA. | |
| 1995 | The Research Prize of the Lundbeck Foundation, Roskilde, Denmark. The Robert J and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Neuropsychiatric Research. L.A., USA. |
| Synthelabo Lecture, VIII ECNP Congress, Venice. | |
| 1996 | Plaque for “Lifetime Achievement”. American Society of Biological Psychiatry. |
| Gold Medal and Honorary Diploma, The Swedish Parkinson Association. | |
| 1997 | Kraepelin-Medaille in Gold. Max-Planck-Institut får Psychiatrie, München, Germany. |
| 1998 | Gold Medal, Soc. of Biol. Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada. |
| 1999 | Gold Medal, Distinguished Lecture and Award, Univ. of Bari, Italy. |
| Antonio Feltrinelli International Award, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. | |
| 2000 | Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. |
| Honorary Degrees | |
| 1976 | M.D. Honoris Causa, Univ. of Cagliary, Italy. |
| 1977 | Doctor of Pharmacy Honoris Causa, Univ. of Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 1990 | Ph.D. Honoris Causa, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland. |
| 1991 | Dr. rer. physiol. honoris causa, Univ. of Marburg, Germany. |
| Memberships | |
| 1962 | Member of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (President 1978-1980). |
| 1968 | Member of the Royal Society for Science and Arts in Gothenburg. |
| 1972 | Foreign Member of the Japanese Pharmacological Society. |
| 1974 | Foreign Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. |
| 1974 | 1974 Corresponding Member of the German Pharmacological Society. |
| 1975 | Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. |
| 1983 | 1983 Honorary Fellow of The Medical Society of Gothenburg. |
| 1989 | Member of the Academia Europaea. |
| 1991 | Honorary Fellow of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. |
| 1992 | Honorary Fellow of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum. |
| 1992 | Honorary Fellow of Academia Medicinae & Psychiatriae. |
| 1996 | Foreign Associate Member of The Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. |
| 1997 | Honorary Fellow of the Swedish Society of Biological Psychiatry. |
| 1998 | Honorary Member of the German Society of Biological Psychiatry. |
| 1999 | Honorary Member of the Scandinavian Society for Psychopharmacology. |
| 2000 | Honorary Member of “Parkinsonföreningen i Västra Sverige”. |
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