Background
Valdimarsson, Helgi was born on September 16, 1936 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Valdimar Jónsson and Filippia Kristjánsdóttir.
Valdimarsson, Helgi was born on September 16, 1936 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Valdimar Jónsson and Filippia Kristjánsdóttir.
Doctor of Medicine, University Reykjavík, 1964.
House officer University Hospital, Reykjavík, 1964—1965, medical registrar, 1965, University Hospital, Reykjavík, 1966—1968. District health officer The Icelandic Health Service, 1965—1966. Research registrar Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1968—1971, Wellcome lecturer, 1971—1975.
Associate professor, consultant St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1975—1981. Professor, chairman immunology Landspítalinn University Hospital, Reykjavík, since 1981. Dean University Iceland Medical School, Reykjavik, 1992—1996.
Visiting professor St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1981—1998. President Scandinavian Society for Immunology, 1992—1997. Deputy rector University Iceland, 1992—1993.
Board member Icelandic Research Council, 1994—1997, European Medical Research Council, 1995—1999, Nordic Foundation for Immunology, since 1999. Science advisory board deCode Genetics, Reykjavík, since 1996.
Fellow: New York Academy of Sciences, Icelandic Academy of Sciences, Royal College Pathologists.
Married Gudrún Agnarsdóttir, June 2, 1966. Children: Birna, Agnar, Kristján. Married Olöf Ásgeirsdóttir, August 8, 1958 (divorced 1964).
Children: Ásgeir, Valdimar.