CV English - Gustaf Edgren, MD PhD

CurriCulum vitae
GUSTAF Arthur Viktor Edgren
Home address: Rindögatan 17, 2tr
SE-115 36 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46-8-524 861 40 (work)
+46-708-18 68 62 (mobile)
E-mail: gustaf.edgren@gmail.com (private)
gustaf.edgren@ki.se (work)
Date of birth: 6th July, 1981
education
01/2002-current Medical School
Student at the medical program, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Estimated date of
graduation, February, 2010. Temporary break from studies for research between
January 2003 and December 2006.
09/2009-11/2009 Gynecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Participated in a Linneus-Palme exchange program with Christian Medical College,
Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India.
01/2004-12/2007 PhD in Epidemiology
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Date of dissertation, 3rd of December, 2007.
09/2005-11/2006 Graduate School of Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology (GAME).
Joint PhD program in genetic and molecular epidemiology at National University
of Singapore and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
08/2003-05/2005 Courses in Statistics, Mathematics and Theory of Science
Selected courses at Stockholm University, Sweden. 60 credits in total.
06/2002-12/2003 Pregraduate School of Clinical Science
Clinical research school for preclinical medical students at Karolinska Institutet,
Sweden.
06/2000-08/2000 Research school for high school students
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Sweden. Participated
as a high-school scholarship student in a research project.
08/1998-06/1999 Foreign exchange high school exchange student
Manchester High School Central, New Hampshire, USA.
1997-2001 High school
Göteborgs Högre Samskola, Göteborg, Sweden. Upper secondary school, Natural
Science Program.
Work experience
06/2009-07/2009 Junior House Officer (Underläkare), Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery,
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

05/2008-08/2008 Internship, McKinsey & Company, Stockholm, Sweden.
Full time summer intern at a management consulting firm.
01/2004-12/2007 Doctoral student, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Full time position as a
doctoral student in Epidemiology.
01/2002-12/2003 Receptionist, Rica City Hotel Kungsgatan, Stockolm, Sweden. Worked as a porter
and receptionist, nighttime and week-ends.
08/2001-12/2001 Night porter, Park Aveny Hotel, Göteborg, Sweden. Responsible for guest service
and computer systems.
1999-2001 Translation. Translation of technical documents from Swedish to English for Ericsson,
Port of Göteborg and Lindex.
research support, ongoing
09/2008-current N01HB47174, Subcontract (PI: Gustaf Edgren) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
of the National Institutes of Health, USA.
Erythrocyte storage length and post-transfusion survival. Role: Primary investigator.
09/2008-current Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF).
Post doctoral grand for the study of non-infectious complications to blood transfusions
(Icke-infektiösa komplikationer vid blodtransfusion). Role: Primary investigator.
01/2008-current CAN2007/1071 (PI: Olof Nyrén) Swedish Cancer Society.
Iron stores and cancer risk: A study among blood donors in Sweden and Denmark.
Role: Co-investigator
01/2008-current 2007-7469 (PI: Olof Nyrén). Swedish Research Council
A population-based transfusion register for research on health of blood donors
and transfusion recipients. Role: Co-investigator
awards, honors
2008 Dimitris N Chorafas prize for best doctoral thesis at Karolinska Institutet in 2007,
awarded by the Dimitris N Chorafas’ foundation in May 2008.
2007 Awarded the Askleipos prize for best scientific publication by a Swedish medical
student in 2007, by the Swedish Medical Association.
2001 Award as best mathematics student at graduation from Göteborgs Högre Samskola.
2000 Scholarship to attend summer research school at Göteborg University during
summer 2000, awarded from Göteborgs Högre Samskola.
Other information
Languages: Swedish, native.
English, fluent speaking and writing.
German, good speaking and writing.
Computer skills: Advanced command of Microsoft Windows and Office.
Advanced command of SAS statistical software and SQL databases.

eferences
Olof Nyrén, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
+46-8-524 861 95, olof.nyren@ki.se
Mads Melby, Professor of Epidemiology and Chair
Department of Epidemiology Research
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
+45-32-68 31 63, mme@ssi.dk