Christopher Gilberg. Photo Linn Hedesström Blad.
Photo Linn Hedesström Blad

Söderberg Prize in Medicine 2012 to Professor Christopher Gillberg

Professor Christopher Gillberg, Gothenburg, received the Söderberg Prize in Medicine in 2012 for his pioneering work in the field of neuropsychiatric research, which has contributed greatly to the understanding of causal factors in autism spectrum disorders, among others.

His extensive work has had a major impact on clinical medicine and patient care, and he has helped to clarify the role of heredity and environment in the development of disease.

Gillberg is among the international leaders in his field. His scientific efforts have shown the way and provided impulses for the development of examination and treatment methods in both child and adolescent psychiatry and in the neuropsychiatric field. He has done an outstanding job of engaging and mentoring younger researchers and has established a very extensive network for fruitful scientific collaboration at the highest level.

Gillberg wisely combines specific research findings with a more comprehensive view of the human being and the patient as a bio-psycho-social whole.

The prize of SEK 1 million was presented by HM The Queen at a ceremony on April 16, 2012 at the Swedish Medical Society in Stockholm.

Award ceremony. HM Queen Silvia presents a diploma to Christopher Gillberg.
Maria Söderberg, member of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, Ragnar Söderberg, Chairman of the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation, HM Queen Silvia and Professor Christopher Gillberg. Photo Pelle Wichmann.
Christopher Gillberg
Born in 1950, Christopher Gillberg is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg, as well as at the Institute of Child Health in London and the University of Glasgow. His research covers neuropsychiatric conditions in children and adolescents such as autism, ADHD, DAMP, Tourette's syndrome, anorexia nervosa, Fragile X syndrome, 22q11 deletion, tuberous sclerosis, mental retardation, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. Gillberg is perhaps best known for his extensive research on autism. He is the world's most prolific researcher in this field. 

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