Liverpool researchers and clinicians Professor Louise Kenny and Professor David Taylor Robinson are among 60 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected to the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship announced today (21 May 2026).
The latest cohort of Fellows have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to advancing medical science, through discovery research, translational work and the application of scientific knowledge in ways that deliver tangible benefits for patients and the wider public.
Among the 2026 Fellows is Professor Louise Kenny, Professor of Maternal and Foetal Health at the University and Chair of the Northern Health Science Alliance, who has been actively involved in the Academy’s convening work strengthening links with partners across the North of England. Louise is an internationally renowned clinician scientist and one of the world’s leading authorities on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and developmental programming.
Also elected is Professor David Taylor Robinson, W.H. Duncan Professor of Health Inequalities, Professor of Public Health and Policy and NIHR Research Professor at the University’s Institute of Population Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. David’s expertise ranges across public health, health inequalities, paediatrics and child health, epidemiology and statistics, and evidence synthesis.
Professor Tim Jones, University of Liverpool Vice-Chancellor said: “We are very proud to have two more researchers join Liverpool’s growing cohort of Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows. Congratulations to Professor Louise Kenny who is recognised for her women’s health and life course research and clinical leadership, and Professor David Taylor Robinson, whose expertise in public health and health inequalities underpins his Fellowship. They join a talented community of influential leaders across medical science fields.”
The Fellows elected this year join an esteemed Fellowship of over 1,500 researchers who are at the heart of the Academy’s work to nurture scientific talent and shape research and health policy in the UK and worldwide.