Paula Nordling, teacher at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and ST doctor in social medicine, has been named as one of three recipients of the Lennmalm Prize 2023, which is awarded by the Swedish Medical Association. She is rewarded for her insurance medicine studies with a focus on doctors’ work with sick leave for patients with common mental illness. With a focus on work capacity assessment and collaboration with employers of people on sick leave, Paula has increased knowledge in areas where knowledge has previously been largely lacking. Paula Nordling received her doctorate in 2021. She is assistant course leader for two courses on coordination of sick leave in health care at advanced level, and teaches on the medical program.