Torbjörn Åkerstedt#
| Membership Number: | 2436 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2007 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.stressforskning.su.se/english/about-us/contact/staff-members/torbjorn-akerstedt-1.69649 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor and director of Stress Research Institute, Stockholm
- 2000 Deputy director, Institute of Psychosocial Medicine
- 1997 Adj. Professor of Behavioral Physiology. Karolinska lnstitute
- 1988 Professor (Psychosocial factors &_health), Nat. inst Psychosoc Fact Health
- 1981-1993 Deputy head, Department or Stress Res, Karolinska
- 1981-1988 Associate Professor at National Institute for Psychosocial Factors and Health
- 1981-1988 Associate Professor of Psychophystology, Dept Stress Res, Karolinska Institute
- 1977-1981 Researcher at Dept Stress Research. Karolinska Institute
- 1973-1977 Research assistant Dept Stress Research, Karolinska Institute
- 1970-1973 Instructor in Psychology, Univ Stockholm
Fields of Scholarship
- Stress, sleep and recovery
- Sleep regulation
- Stress and sleep
- Sleep quality
- Hours of work and health
- Sleepiness and security
- Nature of drowsiness
Honours and Awards
- Member of Academia Europaea (2007)
- Recipient of the University of Pisa International Sleep Research Award (2003)
- Sleep Research Society
- European Sleep Research Society
- Swedish Psychologists Union
- Swedish Medical Society
- Deputy Editor of journal of Sleep Research and Associate Editor of Biological Psychology and Sleep Medicine Reviews.
