Birgitta Evengard is an infectious disease specialist with a focus on parasitology, senior consultant for 40 years and professor of infectious diseases at Umeå University since 2007. Recently senior professor focusing on Climate change and Health as principal investigator of the Nordforsk funded Nordic Center of Excellence, Clinf, www.clinf.org which deals with climate change effects on ecosystems, animal and human health and societal development in the North. >140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 11 books, 19 book chapters.