Background
Isacson, Ole was born on May 27, 1959 in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden. Son of Dan. S. and Gunnie Isacson. came to the United States, 1989.
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Ole Isacson
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Ole Isacson, Swedish, American Neuroscientist, educator. Achievements include research in new methods for treatments of nerve cell loss in neurodegenerative diseases.
M C. Recipient Lindahl award Royal Swedish Academy Sciences, 1987; FernströmFound. scholar, 1987; National Institutes of Health grantee, 1991, 92, 95.
Education
Student, Atlantic College, Wales, 1976-1978; Degree in Biochemistry, U. College Kalmar, Sweden, 1979; DrMedSci, U. Lund, Sweden, 1987.
Career
Research assistant, lecturer, U. Lund, 1981-1987; research fellow, U. Cambridge, England, 1987-1989; assistant professor, Harvard University, Boston, 1989-1992; associate professor, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1992. Director NRL, McLean Hosp laboratories, Belmont, Massachusetts, since 1989. Consultant Biotechnology, Boston, since 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory presenter Parkinson's disease research United States Senate Special Committee on Aging and United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 1995. Fellow American Society Neural Transplantation (county 1994-1996, president-elect 1997). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Neurosci., American Academy Neurology, World Federation Neurology, Museum Fine Arts.
