Eric Sandstrom

Member of the Board
Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration
Sweden

Biography

Eric Sandstrom was graduated from Karolinska Institutet in 1972. He became a Professor at KI with an emphasis on Sexually Transmitted Infections in 1999. His work with HIV began in 1982, in a new STI screening service for gay men in Sweden; this led to an HIV/AIDS clinic with a service ranging from preventive work, outpatient care, inpatient care and hospice service. He has organized a number of clinical trials from phase 1 to multi-centre phase 3 trials with an emphasis on HIV vaccines. He has coordinated a preventive HIV vaccine program with two recently completed trials in Tanzania and Mozambique. Eric Sandstrom was graduated from Karolinska Institutet in 1972. He became a Professor at KI with an emphasis on Sexually Transmitted Infections in 1999. His work with HIV began in 1982, in a new STI screening service for gay men in Sweden; this led to an HIV/AIDS clinic with a service ranging from preventive work, outpatient care, inpatient care and hospice service. He has organized a number of clinical trials from phase 1 to multi-centre phase 3 trials with an emphasis on HIV vaccines. He has coordinated a preventive HIV vaccine program with two recently completed trials in Tanzania and Mozambique.

Research Intrest

Vaccines & Vaccination, veterinary sciences, immunology