The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine

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 2023

Members

Sten Linnarsson
Professor of Molecular Systems Biology

Olle Kämpe (Vice Chair)
Professor in Endocrinology

Gunilla Karlsson-Hedestam (Chair)
Professor of Immunology

Abdel El Manira
Professor of Neuroscience

Per Svenningsson
Professor of Neurology

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

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet – prize awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Process of nomination and selection of medicine laureates

Web site of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet

To cite this section
MLA style: The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Thu. 30 Nov 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/about/the-nobel-committee-for-physiology-or-medicine/>

Nobel Prizes and laureates

Nobel Prizes 2023

Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.

See them all presented here.
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