Secretary general – Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd
The Secretary General leads and is responsible for the work of fulfilling the foundation's mission: to inform and raise awareness about the importance of medical research for health and prosperity.
Upon the foundation’s establishment, the board appointed Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd as Research!Sweden’s Secretary General.
Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd founded the independent foundation Research!Sweden and serves as its Secretary General. She has been conducting research and policy work on medical research and innovation systems since 1996. She earned her PhD in medical innovation at Karolinska Institutet in 2001 and completed her post-doc at Stanford University. She has also created and led BioEntrepreneurship education programs at both Karolinska Institutet and Stanford.
Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd has worked, among other roles, as Science Attaché at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC, and as Director of Research and Innovation Policy at the trade association for research-based pharmaceutical companies. She has held several honorary positions and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
