Background
Grandien-Kovamees, Monica was born on September 7, 1927 in Stockholm. Daughter of Rune and Ingeborg Margareta (Magnusson) Grandien.
Grandien-Kovamees, Monica was born on September 7, 1927 in Stockholm. Daughter of Rune and Ingeborg Margareta (Magnusson) Grandien.
Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1976.
Resident department infectious diseases, internal medicine, Control Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden, 1956-1962;
resident department bacteriology, Southern Hospital, Stockholm, 1963-1964;
resident department virology, National Bacteriol. Laboratory, Stockholm, 1965-1978;
associate professor department virology, National Bacteriol. Laboratory, Stockholm, 1978-1993;
associate professor, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, 1993-1995;
consultant clinical virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, since 1995;
consultant clinical virology, Nova Medical/Calab Laboratory, Stockholm, 1992-1997.
Secretary European Group for Rapid Virus Diagnosis, 1975-1987, chairman, 1989-1992. Main organizer Virus Congress "Progress in Clinical Virology I", Stockholm, 1994. Director National Influenza Center, World Health Organization, Stockholm, 1983-1993, head World Health Organization Collaborative Center Virus Reformed, Stockholm, 1981-1993, science advisor various World Health Organization meetings, 1976-1995, lecturer World Health Organization courses in virus diagnosis, Cairo, 1979, Rio de Janeiro, 1980, Puna, India, 1980, Kuala Lumpur, 1983, Prague, 1985.
Consultant NAS meetings, United States, 1984-1988.
Member European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (honorary), European Society Clinical Virology (honorary), Asian Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (honorary).
Married Argo Kovamees. Children: Mikael, Jan, Peter Argo, Carl Argo.