Birgitta Henriques-Normark

Birgitta Henriques-Normark is professor and senior consultant physician in clinical microbiology at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital. Her research focuses on respiratory tract infections, especially pneumococcal diseases. The approach is translational, going from basic mechanisms of pathogenesis to epidemiological and clinical studies. New antimicrobial therapies and novel vaccine candidates are being identified. She has had several leadership appointments at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, and at Karolinska Institutet, such as Vice dean for recruitments, and academic Vice President for research.

She is an elected member of the European Academy and Microbiology (EAM), American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), and a member of the Nobel assembly at Karolinska Institutet. From 2022-2025, she served as President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.