Background
Orrenius, Sten Gosta was born on February 14, 1937 in Motala, Sweden.
Orrenius, Sten Gosta was born on February 14, 1937 in Motala, Sweden.
Bachelor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1965. Doctor of Medicine, License, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Stockholm, 1982. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Turin, Italy, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Konstanz, 1997.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Buenos Aires, 2001. Doctor Honoris Causa (honorary), University Rene Descartes Paris V, 2000.
Research associate Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimental Biology, Stockholm, 1965—1967. Research associate department biochemistry University Stockholm, 1967—1971. Professor, chairman department forensic medicine Karolinska Institute, 1971—1984, dean Medical School, 1983—1990, professor toxicology, since 1984.
Sterling Winthrop visiting professor University Kentucky, 1994. Hans Selye visiting professor University California, Irvine, California, 2000.
Member of Royal Spanish Academy Pharmacy, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Swedish Society for Toxicology, Swedish Bio-chemical Society, Swedish Medical Association, Italian Society Toxicology (honorary), Society Toxicology United States of America (honorary), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (honorary), National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine (associate).