Honorary Officers 2025
Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE PMedSci, Professor of Medicine and Vice Principal of Data Science, University of Edinburgh and Director Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) (President)
Professor Tom Solomon CBE FMedSci, Professor of Neurology and Director, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool (Vice President, International)
Professor James Naismith FRS FRSE FMedSci, Head, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division, University of Oxford (Vice President, Non-Clinical)
Professor David Adams FMedSci, Emeritus Professor of Hepatology, University of Birmingham (Registrar)
Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci, Vice Dean (Research), Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital (Vice President, Clinical)
Professor Michael Hanna FMedSci, Director, Institute of Neurology, University College London (Treasurer)
Ordinary members 2025
Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Professor David Burn FMedSci, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University
Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Bristol
Professor Kathryn Maitland OBE FMedSci, Professor of Tropical Paediatric Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
Professor Helen McShane FMedSci, Professor of Vaccinology and Deputy Head, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford
Professor Peter Openshaw CBE FMedSci, Professor of Experimental Medicine and Proconsul, Imperial College London
Professor Jugnoo Rahi FMedSci, Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, University College London and Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu FMedSci, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, University College London
Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci, Professor of Women’s Health, Imperial College London
Co-opted members 2025
Professor Tim Aitman FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Molecular Pathology and Genetics, University of Edinburgh
Professor Franklin Aigbirhio FMedSci, Professor of Molecular Imaging Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Dr Felicity Gabbay FMedSci, Founding and Senior Partner,Transcrip Partners
Professor Sheena Radford OBE FRS FMedSci, Professor of Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds
Emerging Research Leader observers 2025
Dr Eneko Larrañeta, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast. Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard scheme awardee (2019-20)
Dr Maria Secrier, Associate Professor in Computational Cancer Biology, University College London. Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard scheme awardee (2018-19)
Patient observer 2025
Lynn Laidlaw, Patient and public contributor and patient researcher
To broaden the diversity of voices on the Academy’s governing body, during 2020 and 2021, the Academy implemented a pilot scheme through which researchers benefitting from Academy careers programmes served on Council. Their purpose was to provide valuable perspective and representation from a major sector of Academy stakeholders. In 2021 Council approved the continuation and formalisation of this scheme with successive cohorts identified through a transparent and competitive process overseen by the Academy’s Nominations Committee.
As a continuation of this work in 2023 we began a two-year pilot programme to bring patient and lived experience voices into our governance discussions by supporting two individuals to participate in Council meetings as Patient observers.
Emerging Research Leader and Patient observers to Council do not take on trusteeship of the Academy and do not have voting rights on Council decisions. Appointments are for one year in the first instance, renewable for a consecutive year, subject to Council agreement.