Keith Peters (medicine)

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Since 1987, Professor Sir Keith Peters FRS PMedSci has been Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge where he is head of the School of Clinical Medicine. He is President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He graduated in Medicine from the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1961. After posts in the University of Birmingham, the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill and the Welsh National School of Medicine, he was appointed Lecturer in Medicine and Consultant Physician at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (RPMS), Hammersmith Hospital. Between 1969 and 1975 he was successively Lecturer in Medicine, Lecturer in Medicine and Immunology, and Reader in Medicine, before being appointed Professor of Medicine and Director of the Department of Medicine at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in 1977. Keith Peters' research interests centre on the immunology of renal and vascular disease, and in particular on how delineation of immunological mechanisms can lead to new therapies for these disorders. He was Knighted in the 1993 New Year's Honours List and was made Fellow of the Royal Society in 1995. His major contributions to UK medicine have been through the promotion of clinical research. At the RPMS he was responsible for sustaining the outstanding reputation of the Department of Medicine; and in Cambridge under his leadership the University's Clinical School has become a major centre for medical research, complementing Cambridge's strengths in basic biomedical science.

Professor Sir Keith Peters FRS is an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University and received his Doctor of Medicine honoris causa (Honorary Doctorate in Medicine) from Bristol University.

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