Patrik Medstrand

Patrik Medstrand is a Professor at Lund University, holding roles as Manager of the Clinical Virology department in Malmö and EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health. His research focuses on HIV and HCV genetic diversity, transmission dynamics, and drug resistance, with a strong emphasis on global health initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa. He combines laboratory investigations with computational methods to study viral evolution and epidemiological patterns.

Research Interests:

• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) molecular epidemiology
• Drug resistance monitoring and transmission clusters
• High-risk population surveillance
• Computational approaches for viral evolution analysis

Projects:

• THESA: HIV transmission dynamics in Ethiopia
• Sequencing-based viral diagnostics for pandemic response

Key Contributions:

• Over 128 peer-reviewed publications (2025–2014)
• Supervised 13 doctoral and master’s students
• Recipient of grants including SciLifeLab funding

Labs/Teams: Active in Lund University’s Clinical Virology group and collaborates internationally on HIV and SARS-CoV-2 research.