Dissertations Dissertation: Pär Björklund

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Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge C1:87

Welcome to Pär Björklund's dissertation with the title "Atherosclerosis and peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes : interstitial lipoprotein distribution and sphingolipid metabolism".

Doctoral student

Pär Björklund, Cardio Metabolic Unit (CMU), Center for Reproduction, Metabolism and Molecular medicine (CeRM), Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), Karolinska Institutet.

Title of thesis

Atherosclerosis and peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes : interstitial lipoprotein distribution and sphingolipid metabolism.

Main supervisor

Sara Straniero, PhD, CMU, CeRM, MedH, KI.

Co-supervisors

Professor Bo Angelin, CMU, CeRM, MedH, KI.

Professor Mats Rudling, CMU, CeRM, MedH, KI.

Associate Professor Elisabet Åkesson, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, KI.

Associate Professor Jonas Brinck, CMU, CeRM, MedH, KI.

Opponent

Professor Kevin Jon Williams, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.

Examination board

Professor Ulf Eriksson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, KI.

Professor Rachel Fisher, Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna, KI.

Associate Professor Daniel Lindén, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University.