Dr. Fred Nyberg - 2022

Fred Nyberg is currently active as Senior Professor at the Dept of Pharmaceutical Biosciences at Uppsala University. He received his PhD in 1981 on a thesis directed to pituitary polypeptide hormones, and subsequently performed postdoc studies on opioid peptides in relation to chronic pain and opioid addiction. In 1993 he was appointed as Full Professor in Addiction Biology. Between 2002-2007 he served at the Swedish Government as Head of Research Issues at the National Drug Policy Coordinator and during 2008-2017 he was a member of the Advisory Board on addictive drugs at the Social Ministry. He was Chairman for his Department 1999- 2006, and from 2006 to 2011 Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Uppsala University. He is an active member of INRC since 1982 and served as president for the organization 2014- 2018. Nyberg’s field of research includes aspects on peptidergic mechanisms in chronic pain and drug dependence but it also extends to areas related to neuroendocrinology, neurology and psychiatry. He has over 450 publications in internationally well-recognized research journals.