Fellows recognised in King's Birthday Honours 2024

The Academy of Medical Sciences congratulates the 13 Fellows who have been recognised in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours list.  

The honours mark the extraordinary contributions and services of people across the UK. The full list of Academy Fellows whose achievements have been recognised includes:  

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE): 

Professor Moira Whyte OBE FMedSci  
Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh  
For services to medical research 

Knights Bachelor: 

Professor Tony Kouzarides FRS FMedSci   
Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Cambridge   
For services to healthcare innovation and delivery 

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE): 

Professor Peter Fonagy OBE FBA FMedSci   
Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London  
For services to mental health care for children and young people 

Professor Freddie Hamdy FMedSci  
Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford  
For services to surgical and cancer sciences 

Professor Christine Holt FRS FMedSci  
Professor of Developmental Neurosciences, University of Cambridge  
For services to neuroscience 

Professor Patrick Maxwell FMedSci   
Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge  
For services to medical research 

Professor David Menon FMedSci  
Professor and Head of Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge  
For services to neurocritical care 

Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA FMedSci  
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge  
For services to research in human cognitive processes 

Professor Jonathan Weber FMedSci  
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London  
For services to global medical science 

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): 

Professor Jane Davies FMedSci   
Professor of Paediatric Respirology & Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London   
For services to people with cystic fibrosis 

Professor Rajesh Thakker FRS FMedSci   
May Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford   
For services to medical sciences and people with hereditary and rare disorders 

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE): 

Professor Anthony Gordon FMedSci  
Chair in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Imperial College London  
For services to critical care medicine 

Professor David Jones FREng FMedSci  
Professor of Pharmaceutical and Biomaterials Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast  
For services to education and to pharmacy 

The full list is available on the King's Birthday Honours webpage.