Background
Leif Svanström was born in Småland.
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Leif Svanstrom
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He studied at the University of Lund where he first obtained a fil.kand.
Career
Degree. He started studying medicine in 1965 and got his medical degree in 1972. He obtained his research degree (Doctor of Philosophy) in 1973. He was appointed professor in Social Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in 1980.
He is the former Leader of the Research Group in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
He is the Head of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion and the European Certifying Centre for Safe Communities. He is the author of about 1200 papers and many text-books in Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Safety Promotion.
He has been Professor Emeritus since 2010.
Membership
He chaired the First World Conference of Accident and Injury Prevention in Stockholm, 1989 and has been member of the International Olympic Committee of all following nine conferences.
