Anna Lindstrand MD, PhD

Anna Lindstrand is a Professor and Consultant in Clinical Genetics in Stockholm, Sweden. Currently, she is the head of the Clinical Genetics diagnostic laboratory (Karolinska University Hospital) and group leader for the Rare Diseases research group at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (Karolinska Institutet). She presented her thesis in January 2010 and after that completed a postdoc at Duke University North Carolina USA. Her specific area of interest is the study of structural human genomic variation, its biological consequences, and its involvement in rare and common human disorders. She completed her Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy at Karolinska Institutet.