Leading biomedical and health scientists in the East Midlands recognised with Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

Three leading researchers from the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester have been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Professor Ian Hall from Nottingham and Professors Melanie Davies CBE and Martin Tobin from Leicester are among 48 of the UK’s world leading researchers to receive the distinction.

Professors Hall and Tobin have collaborated successfully for many years resulting in breakthroughs in genetics of lung health and disease - including new industry partnerships in 2018. Professors Hall and Davies also work closely together as leads of their respective NIHR Biomedical Research Centres.

Professor Hall, Director of the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, said: “I am delighted to have been elected to the Academy, which is a real honour for me. The Academy has played an important role in supporting academic medicine in the UK and beyond, and I look forward to contributing to its work. It is also particularly pleasing to be elected at the same time as colleagues in Leicester with whom I have been collaborating on both specific research projects and more generally on trying to make the East Midlands a great place to undertake clinical research.”

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