Professor Matt Higgins elected as new Fellow by Academy of Medical Sciences

The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected five University of Oxford biomedical and health scientists to its fellowship in 2025, including Merton Fellow Professor Matt Higgins FMedSci, EP Abraham Chair of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford in the Department of Biochemistry.

Professor Higgins leads a research team who investigate the molecular basis for critical host-parasite interactions and use this insight to design improved immunotherapeutics. He studies how molecules from human-infective parasites stick to their human targets in processes such as red blood cell invasion in malaria and nutrient acquisition in sleeping sickness.

The new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, cutting edge research discoveries, and translating developments into benefits for patients and wider society.

The Oxford Fellows are among the 54 new Fellows announced this year who will be formally admitted to the Academy at a ceremony on Wednesday 9 July 2025.