Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have been recognised for their contribution to the advancement of medical science by election to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Academy Fellows are elected for excellence in medical research, for innovative application of scientific knowledge or for their conspicuous service to healthcare. The following Cambridge researchers have been elected this year:

Professor Carol Brayne, Professor of Public Health Medicine and Honorary Consultant Public Health England

Professor Nicholas Coleman, Professor of Molecular Pathology

Professor Berthold Göttgens, Professor of Molecular Haematology

Dr Philip Jones, Programme Leader MRC Cancer Unit and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital

Professor John O’Brien, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Professor Willem Ouwehand, Professor of Experimental Haematology

Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig, Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism and Honorary Consultant in Metabolic Medicine

Dr Douglas Winton, Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute