Bryan Williams#
| Membership Number: | 7241 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8094-1841 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Chair of Medicine | University College London
- 2023 - present Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Medical Officer | British Heart Foundation
- 2013 - 2023 Director | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Biomedical Research Centre
- 2013 - 2016 Director | NIHR University College London Clinical Research Facility
- 2014 - 2023 Senior Executive Director & Director of Research | University College London Hospitals
- 2017 - 2021 Chairman | British Heart Foundation Clinical Studies Awards Panel
- 2022 - 2024 President | International Society of Hypertension
- 2016 - 2018 Chairman | European Council on Hypertension
- 1983 - present NHS Consultant Physician & Senior Clinical Academic - over 40 years clinical practice in the NHS
- 1989-1991 Visiting Fellow | Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Cardiovascular diseases and translation of evidence into clinical guideline development
- Clinical trials
- Hypertension
- Clinical medicine
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Awarded OBE medal in the King's 2024 New Honors list for services to Medicine
- 2023 President's Medal | Royal College of Physicians for "Outstanding Services to Medicine and Research"
- 2021 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK
- 2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2022 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2023 George Pickering Lecture - Highest Recognition award from British Hypertension Society
- 2020 World Hypertension League International Research Prize for Global Research Impact
- NIHR Senior Investigator (Awarded 2010 - Renewed 2015, now Emeritus 2018 - present)
- 2014 European Society of Hypertension - The Sleight Medal for “Outstanding contribution to research, education and leadership” in European Hypertension
- 2011 Times Higher University Award for “Outstanding Innovation and Technology”
- 2007 The DeWardner Research Medal | The Renal Association, London
- 2006 Lord Rayner Research Medal | Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1995 Linacre Medal | Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1983 Waller Medal | University of London
- 1980 Hugget Medal | University of London
