The Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) has elected 58 new biomedical and health scientists to join its prestigious Fellowship.
The incoming experts join a Fellowship of more than 1,400 researchers and have been chosen in recognition of their contributions to advancing biomedical and health sciences; ground-breaking research discoveries; and translating developments into patients and society benefits.
This year’s Fellowship inductees included a range of notable names, including the University of Liverpool’s Professor Reecha Sofat who is the first participant of the AMS Future Leaders in Innovation, Enterprise and Research leadership programme.
Reecha is also a research professor with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which has a number of other awardees. Others feature eight NIHR senior investigators and three emeritus senior investigators, including the NIHR Academy’s Dean, Professor Waljit Dhillo.
"As the Dean of the NIHR Academy, it is a privilege to serve the academic community,” said Waljit.
“We want to inspire future research leaders from different backgrounds and professions to become involved in life-changing research."
As well as Reecha and Waljit, the 10 other NIHR professionals elected as Fellows include:
- Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi from King’s College London (Neurology)
- Professor Jane Davies from Imperial College London (Paediatrics)
- Professor Alun Davies from Imperial College London (Vascular Surgery)
- Professor Nita Forouhi from University of Cambridge (Population Health and Nutrition)
- Professor Fang Gao Smith from University of Birmingham (Anaesthesia & Critical Care)
- Professor Azeem Majeed from Imperial College London (Primary Care)
- Professor Richard Riley from Keele University (Biostatistics)
- Professor Jane Sandall from King’s College London (Midwifery)
- Professor Mark Sculpher from University of York (Health Care Research)
- Professor Shakila Thangaratinam from University of Birmingham (Maternal Health)
The 2024 Fellowship has a range of clinical and non-clinical disciplines, from midwifery to cancer stem cell biology. The highest ever percentage of women have been elected into the Fellowship this year too: 41%. Moreover, Black, Asian and minority ethnic representation is 29%, which is an 11% jump from last year.
Organisations all over the country are represented, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, and York. All the new Fellows will be formally admitted into AMS at a ceremony in September.
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