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Committee on Endocrinology and Metabolism

The Committee on Endocrinology and Metabolism implements the Foundation Board’s granting decisions for the support of basic and clinical research within endocrinology and metabolism in the Nordic countries.

The Committee on Endocrinology and Metabolism awards up to DKK 339 million (€45 million) annually in open competition grants. The grant budget is allocated to Project Grants, Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Research Leader Programme Grants, Steno National Collaborative Grant, Steno Collaborative Grants and Non-Diabetic Endocrinology Collaborative Grants.

The Committee also implements the Board’s granting decisions for the Novo Nordisk Foundation Nordic Diabetes Prize, in collaboration with the Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes.

The Committee on Endocrinology and Metabolism was formally established as the Nordic Research Committee in 1989, but its history dates back to 1923. The Board of the Foundation appoints the Chair and the other members in accordance with the general rules covering the Foundation’s committees.

The current members of the Committee are listed below.

Lena Eliasson

Chair

Professor, Department of Clinical Science, Lund University Diabetes Center, Malmö, Sweden
Has been a member since 2018.

Graham Williams

Member

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, UK
Has been a member since 2024

Helge Ræder

Member

Professor, Vice Dean for Innovation at Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen
Has been a member since 2025.

Jorma Toppari

Member

Professor, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku
Has been a member since 2025.

Henriette Pilegaard

Member

Professor, Department for Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Copenhagen
Has been a member since 2020.

John Eriksson

Member

Professor, Faculty of Science, Åbo Akademi University
and Director, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku, Finland
Has been a member since 2021.

Cora Weigert

Member

Professor, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Tübingen Helmholtz Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM), Helmholtz Munich and University of Tübingen
Has been a member since 2025.

Matthias Blüher

Member

Professor, Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) and Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Leipzig, Germany

Nick Wareham

Member

Professor, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge

Niklas Rye Jørgensen

Member

Professor, Translational Research Centre, Rigshospitalet. Has been a member since 2026.

Torild Skrivarhaug

Member

Professor, Oslo Diabetes Research Centre, Oslo University Hospital. Has been a member since 2026.

Helena Filipsson Nyström

Member

Professor University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy. Has been a member since 2026.