From 2016, Fredman is the President of the International Association of Universities[2] Fredman graduated with a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in 1973 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Neurochemistry in 1979.

She was appointed in 1997 as a professor of neurology at the University of Gothenburg, and became vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine between 1997-1998.

[1] Fredman has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 2008.

Fredman has also been a board member for several organizations, including the Swedish Medical Research Council (from 1999-2003), the International Society of Neurochemistry (1995-1999) and Federation of European Neuroscience (1996-2001) From 2016, Fredman is the President of the International Association of Universities.

[2] Fredman sat on the board of the Swedish University and Higher Education Association, SUHF, between 2007 and 2014, and was its chairman 2009–2014.