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Curriculum Vitae

Andreas Bråve

Medicine Doctor (Ph.D.)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth:    11 July 1977                                 Nationality:      Swedish

Home address: Babordsgatan 8                                                         

 12064 Stockholm

Tel (work):        +0102052466                               Email:                andreas.brave@folkhalsomyndigheten.se

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021 nov –                                      Public Health Agency of Sweden

                                                          Acting head of department of microbiology

2017 oct – 2021 oct                      Public Health Agency of Sweden
Deputy head and senior advisor at the department of microbiology, acting head of department. Responsible for coordination of the agencies laboratory preparedness projects related to high consequence pathogens. Responsible for several cross-sectoral collaborative preparedness projects, both national and international. Responsible for various international bilateral collaborations.

2015 nov – 2017 sep                     Public Health Agency of Sweden

                                                          Head of unit for the High containment laboratories. Unit with ~10 employees. Main focus of the unit was research relating to risk group 4 viruses as well as projects related to developing the laboratory preparedness. Unit coordinates or participates in several international research or preparedness projects. In addition, the unit is responsible for the operational management of the BSL 3 and BSL 4 laboratories.   

2014 jan – 2015 oct                      Public Health Agency of Sweden

                                                          Head of unit for Highly pathogenic viruses. Unit with ~20 employees working in or in conjunction to the BSL3 and BSL4 laboratory. Unit with similar mission as the Unit for Highly pathogenic microorganism (under the Swedish Institute for communicable disease control) but focusing solely on the high consequence viral pathogens.

2010 oct - 2013 dec                       Swedish Institute for communicable disease control

                                                          Head of unit for Highly pathogenic microorganisms. Unit with ~40 employees working in or in conjunction to the BSL3 and BSL4 laboratories. The unit was responsible for developing and upholding microbiological preparedness including laboratory capacity and capability in the high containment laboratories. The unit performed diagnostics for the high consequence pathogens, conducted RnD-projects and participated actively in national and international projects aiming to increase the microbiological preparedness.

2010 jul – 2010 sep                       Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for infectious disease control

Head of section for HIV and other retroviruses. Diagnostics and typing of retroviruses.

2007 nov – 2010 jun                     Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institute and Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for infectious disease control.

Post-doc position. HIV vaccine research focusing on preclinical development and evaluation of vaccine candidates.

EDUCATION

2003 mar – 2007 oct                     Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institute and Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute for infectious disease control.

Ph. D. studies. Date of dissertation 2007-11-02. Title of thesis: “Prime-boost immunization strategies against HIV-1”

2000 - 2003                                   Royal Institute of Technology

                                                          Master of Chemical Engineering. Direction: Biochemistry.

The title of the diploma work is “Creation of a subtype specific DNA vaccine against HIV”

1997 - 2000                                    Royal Institute of Technology

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering. Direction: Environmental engineering.

The title of the diploma work is “Reengineering a lipase active site for altered speed and selectivity”.