Professor Lennart Levi, 1930 - 2024

Professor Levi, a Past President and friend of ISMA who has passed away recently, was Professor of Psychosocial Medicine 1978 – 95, and Emeritus Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He was Founder and Director of the Stress Research Institute at Karolinska Institutet 1959-95 and the National Swedish Institute for Psychosocial Medicine (IPM) 1980 – 95. He was also a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Mental Health 1973 – 96, temporary advisor/consultant to WHO, ILO, and UNICEF 1972-2015 and to the European Commission 1993-2015. From 2006-10 he was also a member of the Swedish Parliament for the Centre Party. Professor Levi, a truly compassionate and kind individual, will be deeply missed.

Watch this video of Professor Levi talking about issues affecting occupational health, the promotion of wellbeing, and adding UN Sustainable Goals to higher education curricula.