Professor Gillberg has received several awards for his research , including the Fernström prize in 1991 , the Ingvar Award in 1995 , The Ronald McDonald Major Award for Paediatrics in 1998 , Ågrenska Major Medicine Prize in 2001 , Philips Nordic Prize in 2004 – in the prize justification he was acknowledged for his commitment to the rights of patient privacy and confidentiality . In 2009 , Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden presented Gillberg with The King 's Medal of the Seraphim order for his contributions in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry . He received the Dahlberg award for his genetic research , and the Life Watch Award for Autism Research in 2010 . In 2012 he was awarded one of Sweden 's most prestigious scientific honours : the Söderberg Prize for Medicine ( " Little Nobel Prize " ) . The prize is financed by Torsten Söderberg 's Foundation and Ragnar Söderberg 's Foundation and was handed out at a ceremony held at The Swedish Society of Medicine in Stockholm . In the prize justification it was emphasized that Christopher Gillberg " in a wise way combines specific research results with a versatile view of the human being and the patient as a bio-psychosocial whole " . His commitment to the supervision of young researchers was also highlighted
The King 's Medal
H. M. The King's Medal
Christopher Gillberg