Council members

Honorary Officers 2026

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 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)

Professor Shakila Thangaratinam FMedSci
Professor of Womens Health, University of Liverpool (Vice President, International) 


Ordinary members 2026

Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci,  Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Professor David Burn FMedSci, President, University of Galway

Professor Sir John Iredale FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Bristol 

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 Philippa Saunders FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Reproductive Steroids, University of Edinburgh

Professor Guy Thwaites MBE FMedSci, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford

Professor Catherine Williamson FMedSci, Professor of Women’s Health, Imperial College London


Co-opted members 2026

Professor Tim Aitman FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Molecular Pathology and Genetics, University of Edinburgh

Professor Judith Allen FRS FRSE FMedSci, Professor of Immunobiology, University of Manchester

Professor Alan Boyd MBE FMedSci, Chief Executive, Boyd Consultants and current member AMS Finance Committee

Professor Sheena Radford OBE FRS FMedSci, Professor of Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds

Professor David Roblin FMedSci, Chief Executive, Relation Therapeutics


Emerging Research Leader observers 2026

Dr Gita Khalili Moghaddam, Principal Investigator, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and Royal Society Industry Fellow, GSK Global Health (AMS FLIER Scheme Cohort 3)

Dr Kirsty McMillan, Tenure Track Fellow, University of Liverpool (AMS Springboard Scheme, Cohort 10)

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