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 2018
Members
Anna Wedell (Chair)
Professor of Medical Genetics
Ole Kiehn
Professor in Neuroscience
Patrik Ernfors
Professor of Molecular Neurodevelopment
Christer Höög
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Nils-Göran Larsson
Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics
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