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Jan ''Staffan'' Normark (born 1945) is a
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physician, microbiologist and
infectious disease An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable di ...
researcher. He grew up in
Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...
and was awarded his
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at
Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2 ...
in 1971. At the end of the 1970s, he was one of the first Swedish scientists to use the new genetic engineering tools in infection-related research.Umeå University, November 24, 2008: Staffan Normark – en världsledande infektionsforskare har återvänt
In 1980, he was made a professor at Umeå University, then the university's youngest. 1989 he was recruited as professor of molecular microbiology to
Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
. 1993 he returned to Sweden as professor of infectious disease control, in particular clinical
bacteriology Bacteriology is the branch and specialty of biology that studies the morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the identification, classificat ...
, at
Karolinska Institutet The Karolinska Institute (KI; sv, Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Karolinska Institute is consist ...
. From 1999 to 2005 he served as the Executive Director of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). In 2008 he was active at Umeå University to build up a research group within bioinformatics and infection research. Much of his research in the 2000s have focussed on
pneumococcus ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'', or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, spherical bacteria, alpha-hemolytic (under aerobic conditions) or beta-hemolytic (under anaerobic conditions), aerotolerant anaerobic member of the genus Streptococcus. They are ...
. Normark was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1987 and took up the position as the Academy's permanent secretary on 1 July 2010, when he succeeded Gunnar Öquist.Kungl. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Staffan Normark blir ny ständig sekreterare
press release 15 April 2010
1992 he was awarded the
Göran Gustafsson Prize The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...
in medicine and in 1999 he was elected a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which prom ...
. He was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in April 2019. Staffan Normark is married to Birgitta Henriques-Normark, also a professor and researcher within infectious disease at Karolinska Institutet.Karolinska Institutet: Birgitta Henriques-Normark
, accessed 19 April 2010


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Normark, Staffan 1945 births Living people Swedish microbiologists Swedish infectious disease physicians Academic staff of Umeå University Washington University in St. Louis faculty Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute Umeå University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences 20th-century Swedish people