Per Svenningsson is a neurologist specializing in the neuropharmacology of movement disorders such as

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...

. He is a professor of

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at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the

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and in the Department of Neurology at

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. He is the team leader of a research group that studies the underlying pathogenic process of PD. Svenningsson is also a member of many research councils and committee, including the

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is a pan-European, non-profit scientific association that serves as a platform to exchange and promote research in the field of neuropsychopharmacology. The ECNP “is committed to ensuring t ...

( ECNP, 2013-2016).

Career

Education

Svenningsson received his MD and PhD from the

, where he also completed postdoctoral research. In 2012 he was appointed full professor in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and the Department of Neurology at the

Research focus/interests

Svenningsson is the team leader of a research group that studies movement disorders such as

at the molecular and cellular level. The focus of the group is to uncover non-motor symptoms of PD that manifest early on in the disease with the hopes of creating neuroprotective drugs to combat its progression.

Awards

Among Svenningsson's honors and awards are the NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2007), awarded to promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. In 2008 he was awarded a researcher position at the

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Positions of trust and research assessments

In addition to research and teaching, Svenningsson holds a number of positions of trust. He was a former grant reviewer for

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/ANR in

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. He has been on the reviewing committee of the Finnish Medical Research Council, the Swedish Parkinson Fund, and the Norwegian Medical Research Council. He is a member of the Ulf von Euler Lecturer committee and a former councilor on the Executive Committee of the

( ECNP).

Publications

Svenningsson has published extensively, with an H-index of 41, 5,639 citations, 121 published articles, 15 reviews, and 7 book chapters.

References

External links

"European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)"
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