Associate professor, Dr. Lisbeth Barkholt is a medical expert and educator based in Sweden at the Medical Product Agency (MPA). However, the latest two years she has served as a Product Administrator for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) where she as a Swedish national expert provides guidance on developing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products. Dr. Barkholt also serves as a clinical assessor for the Medical Products Agency (MPA), where she provides senior expertise on regulatory and scientific aspects on development of medicinal products and oversees clinical trials as well as research endeavors at the organization.

In addition to her leadership roles on the cutting edge of medical research, Dr. Barkholt also serves as an Associate Professor at the Karolinska Institute, where she has performed clinical research and taught since 1998. An internationally regarded and widely published medical professional, at the Institute she has specialized in training for transplantation immunology and surgery practices including both solid organ and stem cell transplantation.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Turku in Finland in 1979, she went on to attend Uppsala-Linkoping University Medical School to receive her MD. Completing a MD PhD program in Cytomegalovirus Infections, Diagnostic Tools and Treatment in Liver Transplantation, Dr. Barkholt joined in 1999 the postdoctoral research program in transplantation immunobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine including the pedagogic PERCEPT Program. In 2006, she attended the Evidence Based Medicine Program of the Karolinska Institute, and most recently the LEAN, a Process Model course at the Medical Products Agency.  She also attended and completed the Stockholm County Council’s Organizational Leadership Course, and the Karolinska Institute’s Management and Leadership, and Educational Leadership and Administration courses.

Dr. Barkholt believes her success has come to her from having an unquenchable thirst to learn, and the benefit of living in an era where medical technology evolves so quickly. When she isn’t working to solve complex medical and medicinal problems relating to stem cell research or liver transplantation, Dr. Barkholt can be found enjoying classical music or hiking in the mountains.

Worldwide Association of Notable Alumni Member of the Year Lisbeth Barkholt, M.D.Ph.D., Associate professor can be found on the Who's Who Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.