Conferences and symposiums Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Nancy Pedersen

Welcome to a symposium in honour of Professor emerita Nancy Pedersen! We want to celebrate Nancy for her long career in science and her outstanding contributions to MEB and Karolinska Institutet.
Nancy Pedersen is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of behavioral genetics and epidemiology, with a particular focus on diseases associated with ageing. Her research has aimed to increase our understanding of genetics and environmental factors, especially in relation to dementia.
Amongst other things Nancy Pedersen was responsible for the Swedish Twin Registry, which under her leadership developed into an internationally recognized research resource and she initiated the large-scale study LifeGene, two unique large scientific infrastructures at Karolinska Institutet.
Registration
Please register here by April 28: https://forms.gle/CCKbD41PJoyGs7o78
Program
King’s College London
University of Southern California
University of Southern Denmark
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Southern California & Jönköping University
University of Gothenburg
ARC, Karolinska Institutet
MEB & University of North Carolina
Reports from first and last PhD-students
MEB, Nobels väg 12A