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Place of Birth: Norrköping, Östergötland County, Sweden
About Gerhard Andersson
- Gerhard Andersson (born June 10, 1966) is a Swedish psychologist, psychotherapist and Professor of clinical psychology at Linköping University, and Affiliated Professor at Karolinska Institutet.
- He was a co-recipient of the Nordic Medical Prize in 2014. Professor Andersson is one of the most influential researchers in the world on Internet-based psychological treatments.
- Moreover, his contributions in the field of tinnitus have enriched the research field widely.
- Andersson was appointed as a professor at the age of 37, and has been highly productive, having produced more than 600 scientific papers.
- He is known for his many collaborations with researchers and clinicians and has remained clinically active during his whole career.
- Gerhard Andersson has been nominated for the Swedish Psychologist Award both in 2009 and in 2011 and won the award in 2014 .
- He received a Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 from the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions. Professor Andersson is currently main supervisor of 10 PhD students and co-supervisor for 15 PhD students.
- To date, 20 former PhD students for whom Professor Andersson has been the main supervisor have been awarded a PhD.
- Five of Professor Andersson’s former PhD students have become full professors, and three of those in clinical psychology: Professor Per Carlbring Stockholm University, Professor Viktor Kaldo (Linnéuniversitetet), and Professor Hugo Hesser (Örebro University).
- Moreover, Professor Andersson has been faculty opponent for several PhD candidates and was external reviewer for several PhD theses in Sweden, but also abroad.
- In 2014 Andersson was awarded the Nordic prize in medicine and the outstanding psychologist prize.
- In 2017 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions.
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