Anders Wallensten

Anders Theodor Wallensten (born 22 January 1974 in Stockholm[1]) is a Swedish physician and epidemiologist.

He is the son of Richard Wallensten and Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, both physicians.

[2] He obtained his medical degree at Uppsala University in 2000, and later obtained his PhD at Linköping University in 2006 for a thesis on the Influenza A virus among wild birds.

[3] He currently serves as the Swedish deputy state epidemiologist, under state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.

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