The Leicester Medical School – Influencing half a century of Academic Cardiovascular Medicine in the UK and beyond

When
10 Nov 2025
19:30 - 21:00
Location
Hansom Hall in the Leicester Adult Education College, 50-54 Belvoir St, Leicester LE1 6QL
Spaces left
100

Registration

Guest tickets – £7.00
Guest tickets allow you to attend in person or by Zoom. For this event, it is also possible to pay at the door without purchasing a ticket in advance.
Student Ticket – £3.00
Student tickets allow you to attend in person or by Zoom. For this event, it is also possible to pay at the door without purchasing a ticket in advance.

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Lecture to mark the University of Leicester Medical School’s Anniversary 2025

Professor Bryan Williams OBE

MD FRCP FMedSci

Chair of Medicine UCL, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer British Heart Foundation, Consultant Physician, University College London Hospitals.

Lecture outline

Since the opening of the Leicester Medical School in 1975 its destiny was shaped by the two inspired appointments of foundation Professors of Medicine and Surgery, John Swales an academic cardiovascular physician and Sir Peter Bell an academic vascular surgeon. From those early years Leicester has risen to become a leading centre of excellence for cardiovascular science in the UK.

Biographical note

Chair of Medicine | University College London and Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Medical Officer at the British Heart Foundation. He was formerly Director of the NIHR University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre, and Director of Research at UCLH (2012-2023). He worked in Leicester as a Physician from 1984 and succeeded John Swales as Professor of Medicine in Leicester in 1996. He left Leicester to join UCL as Chair of Medicine in 2012. With 40 yrs experience as a front-line NHS Physician, he continues to work in the NHS as a Consultant Physician at UCLH, with a specialist clinical interest in hypertension in which he is one of the world’s leading authorities. He was previously Chairman of the European Council on Hypertension (2016-18) President of the British Hypertension Society (2001-2003) and President of the International Society of Hypertension (2022 - 2024). His selection as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences is recognition that he is one of the UK’s leading clinical scientists. The Clarivate listings have consistently recognised him as one of the worlds' most influential clinical scientists based on citations of his work.

He has published extensively in major medical and scientific journals and has led,, or contributed to, many pivotal clinical trials in hypertension and cardiovascular medicine that have changed clinical practice. He serves on the Board of the British Heart Foundation and as a Trustee for two UK Charities; including In2Science, a charity supporting mentoring for talented young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, akin to his own, to increase their chances of studying science at UK’s leading Universities. In 2023, he was awarded the President's Medal by the Royal College of Physicians London for outstanding service to the NHS. In the King's New Years Honours 2024, he was awarded an OBE for services to medicine.

Attending the lecture

The lecture is open both to members of the Society and to guests.

The lecture will take place in Hansom Hall - how to find Hansom Hall.

Please note that tea and coffee drinks will be available between 7.00pm and 7.15pm before the formal start of the event at 7.30pm.

The lecture will also be streamed on Zoom. A recording of the lecture may be available to members only.