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Issue 131, 11 July 2003
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Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows
Eight Imperial leading academics will this week be elected to
the Academy of Medical Sciences. The new Fellows include Professor Charles Bangham, investigative
science; Professor Anthony Barrett, chemistry; Professor Sir Ara
Darzi, surgery, anaesthetics and intensive care, and Paul Farrell,
director, Ludwig Institute for cancer research. Amanda Fisher, joint head and honorary professor of cell
Biology, clinical sciences centre; Professor Ilpo Huhtaniemi,
paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology; Professor Francesco
Muntoni, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and Professor
Jeremy Saklatvala, Kennedy Institute of rheumatology, will also be
admitted to the Fellowship. Imperial now has 71 Fellows in the Academy of Medical Sciences
out of a total of 700. Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, principal
of Imperial College faculty of medicine said: "This is excellent
news for Imperial and for the new Fellows themselves. Imperial has
long been at the forefront of translational clinical research, and
I am very pleased that those doing world class research are
receiving the recognition they richly deserve." |
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