Håkan Westerblad

Håkan Westerblad works in Heart Failure / Cardiomyopathy affiliated with Lithuanian Sports University.

Håkan Westerblad is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, and Head Researcher at the Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University. He has held positions including Professor of Cellular Muscle Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since 2003 and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney from 1990-1992. His research focuses on cellular mechanisms of muscle fatigue, adaptations to training, and maladaptations in diseases such as mitochondrial myopathies.