Anna Wedell

Anna Wedell is a Professor and Senior Physician at the Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, leading the Congenital Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases research group since 2007. She serves as Director of the Precision Medicine Center Karolinska (PMCK) and combines laboratory medicine, clinical practice, and genomics in her work.

• Research Interests: Endocrinology, mitochondrial diseases, brain metabolism, and precision medicine
• Key Collaborations: SciLifeLab, Matchmaker Exchange network

Her research focuses on identifying genes causing inborn errors of metabolism, improving diagnostics and treatment through translational approaches. Recent work includes implementing whole genome sequencing in healthcare and discovering novel disease mechanisms like AGC1 deficiency treatable with ketogenic diets.

Anna has received the IVA Gold Medal 2023 for advancing precision medicine in rare hereditary diseases. Her 15 most recent publications (2021-2025) span mitochondrial disease mechanisms, epilepsy genetics, newborn screening, and bioinformatics tool development.

• Awards: IVA's Gold Medal (2023)
• Supervision: Olivia Henry (2022)