Jóna Freysdóttir
Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Shool of Health Sciences, University of Iceland
Project leader, Department of Immunology, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland
E-mail: jonaf (at) landspitali.is
Phone: +354-543-5800
1996, PhD, Imperial College of London – Hammersmith Campus
1996-1998, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Guy´s Hospital, London
1998-2000, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Leeds, England
2000-2004, Project Leader, Lyfjathroun Biopharmaceuticals, Reykjavik
2005-present, Project Leader, Department of Immunology, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik
2012-present, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik
Research: Professor Freysdottir runs her lab in close collaboration with Professor Hardardottir. Their research focuses on resolution of inflammation and the effects of nutrition and natural products on inflammation and resolution of inflammation. They use a murine antigen-induced inflammation model in mice and cells (dendritic cells, T cells, keratinocytes, NK cells and neutrophils) in culture.
Publications: PubMed