Thomas Lindén is a medical doctor specialized in neurology and psychiatry. He has a clinical and scientific interest in cognitive disorders and a PhD in neurology from Gothenburg University in Sweden, a MSc in Epidemiology from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and is an associate professor in neurology at Gothenburg University, conjoint associate professor at the Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle and visiting professor at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia. He is chair of the Swedish Medical Associations Ethics Board and an official advisor to the World Medical Association in Medical Ethics and Socio-Medical Affairs. He has had several leadership positions within hospitals and health care and is currently Director of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s Department for Knowledge-Based Policy of Health Care as well as the Swedish Government’s Chief Medical Officer.