Curriculum vitae
Kjell Larsson
Positions: Kjell Larsson is born in Stockholm September 6, 1948, married with Karin and have three children,
Joakim, Martin and Charlotta. Became, after studies at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, MD in 1975. Full
time clinician 1975 - 1980 at the Department of Internal Medicine, Nacka Hospital, 1980 - 1982 at the
Department of Clinical Physiology, Södersjukhuset, and 1982 - 1985 at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine,
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm. 1985 employed at the the National Institute for Working Life and 1999 head of
the Respiratory Health and Climate Program, National Institute for Working Life. From 2002 head of the Unit of
Lung and Allergy Research, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. Between
1985 and 2002 part-time (20%) clinical work at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University
Hospital, Solna. Since 2003 parttime clinical work at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska
University Hospital, Huddinge.
Academic positions: Defended the thesis "Studies of sympatho-adrenal reactivity and adrenoceptor function in
bronchial asthma" in 1985 and became Associate Professor (docent) of Respiratory Medicine at the Karolinska
Institutet in 1988. Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet 1999 with parttime clinical work
at the National Institute for Working Life and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska Hospital.
Professor in Occupational Lung Diseases, Karolinska Institutet/National Institute for Working Life in 2001.
Since January 1, 2002, full professor in Respiratory Medicine, The National Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
Appointments: 1989 - 1993 scientific secretary, Swedish Society of Respiratory Medicine.
1994 - 1998 and since January 2006 member of the scientific board of The Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation.
1994 – 1998 member of the European School of Respiratory Medicine.
1996 – 2000 member of a group working with the basis for treatment of asthma and COPD in The Swedish Council on
Technology Assessments in Health Care.
1992, 1997 and 2002 participating in a group, appointed by The Swedish Medical Agency, working with national
guidelines for asthma and COPD treatment.
Member of a ERS Task Force on Sports asthma and allergy.
1999 – 2002 chairman, Swedish Society of Respiratory Medicine.
Co-Chairman for the ERS annual meeting in Stockholm, Sept 7- 11, 1996 (approximately 7500 delegates) and
chairman for the ERS annual meeting in Stockholm, Sept 14 -18, 2002 (approximately 13000 delegates).
2004 appointed chairman for work package 2.8 (clinical care and quality of life) in the European GA 2LEN (Global
Asthma and Allergy European Network) project.
Associate editor European Respiratory Journal 1994 – 1998. Associate editor Respiratory Medicine 1994 - 2003.
Associate editor Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health 2001 - 2006. Co-editor Lungeforum 2000 2003. Editor in chief European Respiratory Monograph from January 2006.
Editor of four Swedish textbooks, two on asthma 1997 and 2005 and two on COPD 2002 and 2006. Currently working
as editor updating textbooks on “Allergy and asthma”.
Invited speaker and chairman for symposia and post graduate courses at the ERS annual conferences.
Serve as reviewer for more than 15 medical journals.
Served as external examiner for the PhD degree at 8 occasions in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Have participated in the production of education material concerning respiratory medicine, predominantly obstructive
airways diseases and arranged a number of postgraduate courses and conferences on asthma and COPD in Sweden.
Research topics: Airway inflammation following inhalation of organic dust, pulmonary pharmacology, and
clinical asthma and COPD research. Another field of interest is allergen exposure and health effects in relation to
exposure. The reference list contains more than 350 articles of which approximately 125 are original papers in
peer reviewed journals and more than 80 reviews. Kjell Larsson has, as main supervisor, led 8 PhD students and
as co-tutor led 3 PhD students to dissertation and is at present main supervisor for 4 and co-tutor for 4 PhD
students.