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These Fellows have been chosen for their outstanding efforts in the field of biomedical science, including national science engagement and communication programmes, research discoveries and translating scientific advancements into benefits for public healthcare.

The academics from 果冻影院 Squeen Square Institute of Neurology are:

• Professor Mary Reilly (Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, 果冻影院 Queen Square Institute of Neurology)

Professor Reilly鈥檚 research has explored the inherited neuropathies with a focus on translational research, and currently is part of a programme on human gene identification and analysis.

• Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at 果冻影院)

A world-renowned Alzheimer鈥檚 researcher,聽Professor De Strooper鈥檚 research aims to understand the mechanisms which fundamentally underlie Parkinson鈥檚 and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

Commenting on 果冻影院鈥檚 nine new AMS Fellows, Professor David Lomas, 果冻影院 Vice Provost (Health), said: 鈥淚 am delighted that so many colleagues have been elected to the highly respected Academy Fellowship. The new 果冻影院 affiliated members have each made outstanding contributions to biomedical science and these fellowships are well deserved recognition of their remarkable work.

The range of disciplines represented, from global health to paediatric surgery, is testament to the quality and breadth of the work being done across the 果冻影院 School of Life and Medical Sciences. I am immensely proud.鈥�

Professor Sir Robert Lechler PMedSci, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences said:

鈥淚 am delighted to welcome these 50 new Fellows into the Academy鈥檚 Fellowship. Each one has made their own outstanding contribution to biomedical science, and together they are advancing the health of our society in the UK and internationally. Their work affects us all, from the way we keep healthy through our lifestyle, to how we are treated if we become ill, to the way we receive information about health.鈥�

The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy on 25 June 2020.

Links

• 果冻影院 news item
• UK Dementia Research Institute at 果冻影院
• Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, 果冻影院 Queen Square Institute of Neurology

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