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.