Researchers from Edinburgh Neuroscience elected to the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

The Academy of Medical Sciences has just announced 58 new Fellows elected this year and we are delighted to share that five out of six researchers from the University of Edinburgh are working in neuroscience and related fields. 

The Academy of Medical Sciences is an independent charitable body that aims to advance research in biomedicine and health. It represents the diversity of medical science in the UK. 

These researchers have been recognised for their immense contribution to the field of biomedicine and health sciences, with their innovative research benefitting patients and the wider society. They will be formally admitted to the Fellowship on the 18th of September this year. 

The fellows with their respective area of expertise are: 

Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, (Neurology)  

Professor Tara Spires Jones, (Neurodegeneration)  

Professor James Boardman, (Neonatal Medicine)  

Professor Michael Eddleston, (Clinical Toxicology)  

Professor Rebecca Reynolds, (Metabolic Medicine)  

Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Head of the Cerebrovascular Research Group at the University of Edinburgh, said on the fellowship, “I am privileged to be amongst such a diverse and illustrious group of 58 new fellows. The standard of conversation at the inauguration will be high! The Academy is a powerful advocate for clinical academia in the UK, and I look forward to working with it to further the methodological rigour and sustainability of medical research in general, and of clinical trials for people with stroke and other neurological diseases in particular.” 

Other long-standing members of Edinburgh Neuroscience bestowed with this honour are Professors Tara-Spires Jones and James Boardman. Tara is also currently serving as the President of the British Neuroscience Association, and has recently been appointed Director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. James Boardman works in the Centre for Reproductive Health and leads the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort. 

This year, the highest number of new Fellows came from the University of Oxford (8), with the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College London at a close second with 6 fellows each. 

The new fellows now join the Academy of Medical Sciences’ fellowship of over 1,400 researchers, with responsibilities including nurturing the next generation of scientists, and influencing science and health policy in the UK and around the globe.  

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