Title andaddress:	Professor of Geriatrics Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine Neurotec Department, Novum floor 5 SE-141 86 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Telephone and e-mail:	+46 8 585 854 75 (voice), +46 8 585 854 70 (fax) Bengt.Winblad@ki.se
Date of birth:	March 17, 1943
Education:	University of Umeå, Sweden M.D. 1971

Professional appointments:
Docent, University of Umeå, Sweden, 1977-1982
Professor Dept. of Geriatric Medicine and Chief Physician, University of Umeå, Sweden, 1982-1987
Professor Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1987-present
Chief Physician Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 1987-present

Other Professional appointments and university activities:
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Delegation for Social Research, 1985-1993
Research Director at Stockholm Gerontology Research Centre, 1987-present
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Medical Research Council, 1988-1995
Member of the Nobel Assembly for the Prize of Medicine and Physiology at the Karolinska Institute, 1988-present
Chairman of he Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 1993-99
Chairman of The Sandoz Foundation for Gerontological Research in Europe, 1994-1997

Honours:
Member of Nobel Assembly Karolinska Institute
Guest professor in Frankfurt, Department of Psychiatry 1995/96
Honorary professor Beijing University of Medical Science 1997
Honorary professor Wuhan University of Medical Science 2001
Honorary professor University of Timisoara, Rumania 2002

Awards:
The Swedish Society of Medicine Alzheimer Award 1994
The Royal Swedish Academy of Medical Sciences Award for 1997
Norage Kabi Pharmacia Awards (4 times)
The Alois Alzheimer Award in Münich 1997
The Swedish Society of Medicine Award 2001
Swedish Medical Society (Thuréus prize) 2001
The Nordic Prize in Gerontology 2002

Review committees:
Member of the Editorial boards of ten intenational scientific journals.
Invited reviewer of research centres in Europe and USA

Meeting organization:
Organizer 10 postgraduate courses on Alzheimer and Vascular Dementia.
1985 I organized the II International Psychogeriatric Conference in Umeå.
One of three main organizers for the International Alzheimer Conferences

1988 Las Vegas
1990 Toronto
1992 Padova
1994 Minneapolis
1996 Osaka
1998 Amsterdam
2000 Washington
2002 Stockholm
2004 Philadelphia

Research interests:
Clinical evaluation and treatment of dementia conditions especially Alzheimer's disease.
Epidemiology of dementias.
Molecular genetics and pathology and biochemistry of dementias.

Research experience:
Bengt Winblad has been the tutor for more than 150 dissertations (Ph.D. examinations) in Umeå and Stockholm. Bengt Winblad has published more than 700 original publications in the field of gerontology/geriatrics/dementia research.