Patrik Danielson

Secretary to the Vice President:  Sara Rambe

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Patrik Danielson is Professor of Anatomy at Umeå University and Senior Consultant (Attending) Ophthalmologist at the University Hospital of Umeå. He currently also serves as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Deputy to the Vice-Chancellor) / Vice President of the University.

The Vice President's Responsibilities and Assignments

The Vice President/Pro-Vice-Chancellor (equiv. of Provost) is the President's/Vice-Chancellor's deputy and acts in her place when she is not on duty, or on her behalf per her decision. The Vice President is also otherwise tasked with the responsibilities that the President decides. The Vice President is appointed by the University Board.

At Umeå University the President has decided that the Vice President works broadly in the University Management with matters concerning both research and education, and supports both the President and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors for these core areas. Some specific fields concerning both research and education for which the Vice President has been assigned a special responsibility in the Senior Management Team by the President are:

• External relations, especially for Northern Sweden, including matters of innovation and fundraising
• Campus development
• Ethics and compliance, including good research practise

The following boards, councils and committees at Umeå University are headed by the Vice President as chairman:

• The Board of the University Library
• The Council for Promoting Good Research Practise (REDA)
• The Disciplinary Committee
• The Steering Committee for the Curiosum Science Centre 

The Vice President is also a member of the board of directors of the University's holding company, Umeå universitet Holding AB, of the Northern Sweden University Health Care Board, and of the Ownership Council of North Sweden European Office. 

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List of Publications:
Google Scholar Profile for Patrik Danielson

Research Project:
Mechanisms of scar-formation and degeneration in collagen-rich tissues

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CV  |  Curriculum Vitae  |  Patrik Danielson, MD, PhD

Personal information

Born 1980

Professional Preparation and Academic Appointments

• 2016 | Professor and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist
• 2014 | Professor (full)
• 2012 | Reader/Associate Professor
• 2009 | Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor
• 2007 | Doctor of Philosophy, Medicine (Ph.D.)
• 2007 | Medical License (Registered Physician)
• 2005 | Medical Degree (M.D.)

Commissions of Trust (selection)

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Deputy to the Vice-Chancellor) / Vice President (Provost) of Umeå University, 2025-
• Member of the Government's Adivisory Board for Life Science, 2024-
• Vice President of the Swedish Society of Medicine, 2024-
• Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, 2017-2025
• Member of the Board of the Swedish Society for Medical Research, 2019-2025
• Chair of the National Steering Committee for the ALF-agreement, 2021
• Government-appointed Member of the National Steering Committee for the ALF-agreement, 2015-18; 2019-2022
• Government-appointed Member of the Committee for Clinical Studies, national Swedish Research Council, 2018-2020
• Member of the Board of the Swedish Society of Medicine, 2015-18
• Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, 2014-17
• Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University (elected faculty representative), 2011-14
• Member of the Board of Directors for Umeå University (student representative), 2002-04
• Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University (student representative), 2001-04
• President and Chairman, Umeå Medical Sciences Student Union (formerly Corpus), 2002-04

External Research Grants as Main Applicant (selection)

• 2018-21 | National Swedish Research Council: 4 800 kSEK
• 2014-17 | National Swedish Research Council: 5 044 kSEK
• 2010-12 | National Swedish Research Council: 2 100 kSEK
• 2017-23 | Ögonfonden Foundation: 1 160 kSEK
• 2011-15 | Swedish Society of Medicine: 1 200 kSEK
• 2011-17 | Cronqvists Foundation: 900 kSEK

List of Scientifc Publications

Link to Google Scholar-profile

Awards and Honours

• Invited European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) Speaker of the Year, at the Annual Meeting of the Swedish Ophthalmological Society 2017
• The Swedish Society of Medicine's Best Translational Research Award 2013
• Umeå University Young Researcher Award 2011
• The Royal Skytteanska Society's Distinguished Young Researcher Award in Medicine 2010
• Honorary Member for Life of Umeå Medical Sciences Student Union, 2007