Lena U Carlsson - The Author of the Column

Lena U Carlsson is a science journalist, who as a freelancer has been writing about natural sciences and medicine for more than 20 years. She has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Microbiology, Geology and Genetics, and has in addition studied Psychology and Medical Chemistry. Her articles have been published in various Swedish papers and journals. A few of the topics of her writing are the origin of life, the evolution, quantum physics and climate. Several articles have also dealt with psychiatry. Together with Arvid Carlsson she wrote "Hjärnans Budbärare" ("The Messengers of theBrain") in 1988. This book will be updated and translated for publication in English this year.

Lena considers it important to fight against pseudoscience. She is since 1982 a member of "Vetenskap och Folkbildning", a Swedish association which aims at promoting general education about the methods and results of science. For a period she was the editor of "Folkvett", the journal of this association. In her spare time she likes to paint and listen to music.

HUBIN has, based upon Lena U Carlsson's background and experience from both science and journalism, as well as her particular interest in psychology and cultural arts, chosen to honor her with her own column within the HUBIN schizophrenia web portal. The content of the column will deal with different matters from time to time, however still within the frame of the topic of schizophrenia. Lena's first column (Schizophrenia and Creativity) brings up the impact schizophrenia has had on the creativity of mankind, and is the first in a series of articles on this subject. If there is anything you would like to ask Lena about, her e-mail address is lenac@telia.se.

Lena U Carlsson's biography