Areas of Expertise

Professor Lars Edvinsson (LE) is recognized leading expert in the field of vascular innervation and receptor regulation and his extensive research has been a major contributor to understanding roles of the coronary, cerebral and peripheral vasculature in health and diseases such as AMI, stroke and primary headaches. LEs research has founded the development of novel drugs for the treatment of neurovascular diseases.

Academic degrees

Ph. D. (1975), M.D. (1980), Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology (1985), and Specialist in Internal Medicine (1988)

Positions and Employment

University of Lund, Sweden

• 2002 - Professor in Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, and senior consultant in internal medicine, University Hospital SUS Lund (40%).
• 1985 - Director, Experimental Vascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Center
• 1988 - Specialist in Internal Medicine, Lund University Hospital
• 2009 - 2020 Member, Human Ethics Committee (Etikprövningsmyndigheten)
• 1996 - 2002 Associate Professor in Internal Medicine
• 1988 - 1996 Lecturer, University of Lund
• 1983 - 2003 Vice-Chair, Member, Animal Ethics Committee, Lund University

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• 2007 - Director and founder, Glostrup Research Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital (50%).
• 1997 - Chairman, Dept. Experimental Clinical Research, Glostrup Research Institute
• 2011-2018 Director, Center of Excellence in Stroke Research (supported by Lundbeck Foundation), Copenhagen University, Glostrup Research Institute
• 2008 - Professor in Receptor Regulation in Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Adjunct Positions

• 2004 - 2020  Adjunct Professor, Basic and Translational Research Institute, Xian University, Xian, China
• 1990 - 2020  Adjunct Professor in Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, USA
• 1990 - 1995  Professor II in Neuroscience (20%), Trondheim University, Norway
  

Publications and Scientific lectures

• Over 1180 peer-reviewed research publications and 128 book chapters.
• Over 200 international scientific lectures as invited/key-note speaker.
• H-index = 110; Number of published peer reviewed papers; n=1060; Citations in total; 57.562
• Citations latest 20 years > 1500/year