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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Champion of women in the academy to be feted
Wallberg-Henriksson will speak on women, science
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Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, member of the Nobel Committee and the first woman to head the prestigious Karolinska Nobel Institute in Stockholm, will visit the University on Monday (Sept. 25) as a guest of the Harvard Foundation.
She will meet with interim President Derek Bok, Dean of the Harvard Medical School Joseph B. Martin, and Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Barry R. Bloom, as well as leading women scientists at Harvard. Wallberg-Henriksson will also meet with students and present a talk on her initiatives for women in science at the Karolinska Institute.
Wallberg-Heniriksson hopes to initiate exchange programs for scholars in medicine, science, and public health between Harvard and the Karolinska Institute. Of special interest is a long-term collaboration between the Karolinska Institute and the HSPH in the areas of cancer prevention and epidemiology.
Wallberg-Henriksson, who holds both an M.D. and a Ph.D., has served as a professor of physiology at the institute for more than 10 years. She has also served as secretary-general of the Swedish Research Council for Science and Medicine, and has been a member of the government's expert panel at the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Since 2004, she has been a member of the International Science and Technology Forum in Tokyo, and the International Scientific Advisory Council to the government of Singapore. She has been appointed by the Swedish government to lead delegations to the United Nations and to represent Sweden on the boards of numerous bodies, including the European Science Foundation and the World Health Organization's Agency for Cancer Research.
The Harvard Foundation will host an honorary luncheon for Wallberg-Henriksson with many of Harvard's women scientists attending, including faculty and students. Wallberg-Henriksson will speak at the luncheon. At the request of the Harvard Foundation, Evelynn Hammonds, professor of the history of science and of African and African American studies, and senior vice provost, will serve as the honorary host of the luncheon. Wallberg-Henriksson will be available to meet with all students and faculty at a reception in Phillips Brooks House Parlor Room at 4:30 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 25).
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