The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine at Karolinska Institutet is responsible for the selection of candidates for the Medicine Prize from the names submitted by invited nominators.
Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine 2019
Members
Patrik Ernfors (Chairman)
Professor of Molecular Neurodevelopment
Ole Kiehn
Professor in Neuroscience
Nils-Göran Larsson
Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics
Christer Höög
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Gunilla Karlsson-Hedestam
Professor of Immunology
Thomas Perlmann (Secretary)
Professor of Molecular Development Biology
The Committee members are elected for a period of three years. In assessing the qualifications of the candidates, the Committee is assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.
See a presentation of the Committee members