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 2026
Members
Per Svenningsson (Chair)
Professor of Neurology
Sten Linnarsson (Vice Chair)
Professor of Molecular Systems Biology
Abdel El Manira
Professor of Neuroscience
Rickard Sandberg
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Marie Wahren-Herlenius
Professor of Experimental Rheumatology
Thomas Perlmann (Secretary-General)
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