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Per-Olof Berggren - Faculty

Per-Olof Berggren

Per-Olof Berggren

Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases

School of Medicine and Health Sciences


Expertise

Experimental Endocrinology 
Diabetes
Metabolism

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Overview

Per-Olof Berggren, Ph.D., is Head of Cell Biology and Signal Transduction and the Mary Lou Held Visiting Scientist at the Diabetes Research Institute at University of Miami. He is also Professor and Head of Cell Biology and Experimental Endocrinology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Berggren also holds different academic positions in the University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea; the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; the Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College, London, UK; and the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Dr. Berggren is a member of EMBO, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine (USA), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Class VII, and the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet among other prestigious posts.

Dr. Berggren's work focuses on the detailed study and evaluation of beta cell function in health and diabetes. Through cell imaging techniques and other innovative approaches, his work aims to develop new ways to prevent and reduce islet loss during diabetes and in islet transplant applications. 

Dr. Berggren joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases and will be contributing to Tecnológico de Monterrey's Research Center in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases.

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Education and Training

  • PhD in Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University
  • Medical School, Uppsala University 
  • Medical School, Umeå University
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