Åke Bernhard Vallbo

Background

Vallbo, Åke Bernhard was born on November 4, 1933 in Motala, Sweden. Son of Ivar Fredrik and Ingrid Anna (Janze) Vallbo.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1965.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Umeå, Sweden, 1965-1977; professor, U. Umeå, Sweden, 1979-1983, 84-88; researcher, Swedish Medical Research Council, Umeå, 1977-1979; professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1983-1984; professor, U. Göteborg, Sweden, since 1988.

Achievements

• Åke Bernhard Vallbo has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Society (United Kingdom), New York Academy Sciences, Swedish National Committee on Physiology.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, opera.

Connections

Married Gertrud Elisabet Eriksson, January 9, 1960. Children: Katarina, Jerker, Fredrik.

Father:

Ivar Fredrik Vallbo

Mother:

Ingrid Anna (Janze) Vallbo

Spouse:

Gertrud Elisabet Eriksson

child:

Katarina Vallbo

child:

Fredrik Vallbo

child:

Jerker Vallbo