Professor Jan Holmgren

 

Professor Holmgren is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Göteborg University, Sweden and Director of the Göteborg University Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX). He sits on the Board of Directors of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden), the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). He also chairs or is a member of a number of vaccine-related technical task forces or steering committees and the WHO's program for new vaccine technologies.

After completing his PhD on urinary tract infection immunology, a large part of his research has focused on the mechanisms of disease and immunity in cholera and other mucosal infections and on the development of mucosal vaccines. He has published more than 500 papers in the fields of microbiology, immunology and vaccinology, received several international awards for his research, and is an elected member of various societies and academies including the Swedish Royal Academy of Science (Medicine) and the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering (Biotechnology).