Linda Larsson Email & Phone Number

Stockholm County, Sweden

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Managing projects and providing blood expertise at the the Swedish National Competent Authority for Blood. Current main focuses include improving the national blood supply contingency and emergency preparedness:https://www.regeringen.se/regeringsuppdrag/2022/07/uppdrag-att-starka-blodverksamheterna/https://www.regeringen.se/regeringsuppdrag/2022/12/uppdrag-att-utreda-mojligheterna-for-ett-inforande-av-nat-tester-for-screening-av-blodgivare-i-sverige/

Stockholm, Sweden

Manager of operations, production of blood components (RBCs, plasma and platelets), including process and product development:• Development of new blood component production processes and their practical applications. Design of written directives and GMP regulated SOPs, education of staff and issuing associated formal competences.• Designing and executing developmental studies, summarized in an ongoing PhD.• Providing technical expertise concerning disposables and equipment: design of tenders, validations, tests and try-outs in both small scale and large production scale.• Central role at inspections by different authorities (for instance, the Medical Products Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare)• Lecturer at University level for biomedical scientists and Speaker at different national and international convents and education programs.• Managing, or contributing as blood component expert, in external national and international projects – for instance, the European non-PVC blood bag project (www.pvcfreebloodbag.eu) and the development of a detection method for autologous blood doping (Institution for Sports Medicine, University of Umeå, Sweden)

Stockholm, Sweden

Tasks within the area of production and distribution of blood components for both large scale production and special orders. Project manager of implementation of bacterial screening of platelets (eBDS, enhanced Bacterial Detection System, Pall Medical) into routine practice.

Stockholm, Sweden

Blood component production. Serological analytical work and emergency transfusion service.

Stockholm, Sweden

PhD Student, Michael Uhlin group, CLINTEC (Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology)Project: "Development of new blood bank strategies for processing and storage of red blood cell components"Establishing skills in study initiation, planning and laboratory work regarding red blood cell storage lesion. Special focus on DEHP-free blood containers, RBC cryopreservation, RBC pathogen inactivation and haemolysis. PhD courses in statistics, presentation technique, ethics, scientific writing, immunology, flow cytometry etc. (full list on demand).

Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

Responsible for assisting in the coordination of Blood Transfusion activities at the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EDQM). Work tasks include the CD-P-TS activities, the drafting of the Blood Guide, the B-SCEP Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Plan for the blood sector, and Blood Quality activities.

Eskilstuna, Sweden

Tasks within the area of transfusion medicine/blood donation; whole blood donations, apheresis donation, production, handling and quality control of blood components.

Stockholm, Sweden

• Design of flight maps and flight procedures for airlines

Arlanda Airport, Stockholm + Umeå City Airport, Umeå, Sweden

• Security control of passengers and luggage in order to prevent hijacking and sabotage of airports and aircrafts.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Medical Science (Transfusion Medicine)

Michael Uhlin group, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) PhD thesis: "Development of new blood banking.

Master'S Degree, Biochemistry

Master thesis:”Optimisation of a Western blot protocol for detection and quantification of myostatin in human skeletal muscle” • Including.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sports Medicine (Muscular Physiology)

Bachelor thesis:”Myostatin” • Including courses in sports medicine, anatomy, physiology, sports specific training strategies, injuries.

Project Management

Activities and Societies: • Project management and the project as a work model, 7.5 hp, Karolinska Institutet, 2015

Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Residency Program

• Immunology with transfusion medicine, 10.5 hp, Uppsala universitet, 2008