The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine at Karolinska Institutet is responsible for the selection of candidates from the names submitted by invited nominators. Committee members are elected for a period of 3 years. In assessing the qualifications of the candidates, the Committee is assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.

Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine 2013

Members

Juleen Zierath (Chairman)
Professor in Clinical Integrative Physiology

Thomas Perlmann (Vice chairman)
Professor of Molecular Development Biology

Jan Andersson
Professor of Infectious Diseases

Rune Toftgård
Professor of Environmental Toxicology

Anna Wedell
Professor of Medical Genetics

Göran K. Hansson (Secretary)
Professor of Experimental Cardiovascular Research

See a presentation of the Committee members