Anna Smed Sörensen new vice chair of the Heart-Lung Foundation’s Research Council
Anna Smed Sörensen, professor of translational immunology at Karolinska Institutet, has been elected the new vice chair of the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation’s Research Council. She is already a member of the council and, in her new role, will play an important part in the council’s work on scientific assessments.
As vice chair, Anna Smed Sörensen will support the chair of the Research Council and the Foundation’s administrative office on matters relating to research grants and scientific assessments. The council reviews research applications and proposes how grants should be allocated. The final decision is made by the Board of the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation.
“I look forward to continuing to contribute to the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation’s work and efforts to promote research of the highest scientific quality in the field of heart and lung disease,” says Anna Smed Sörensen, Department of Medicine, Solna.
Research on the immune system in lung diseases
Anna Smed Sörensen studies the role of immune cells in respiratory infections and inflammation, including in the lung disease sarcoidosis, a condition that often affects the lungs. The aim is to increase knowledge of the disease and contribute to better opportunities to predict its course and develop treatments.
She has previously received support for her research from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, including through a six-year research position and Prince Daniel’s Research Grant for promising young researchers, which she received in 2018.