Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor Roger Kirby

Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine, in recognition of his contribution to health, healthcare and medicine.

Although I鈥檓 receiving this honour, I鈥檓 really here because of the work of the team of researchers at the Autism Research Centre

Simon Baron-Cohen

Professor Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the 探花直播 of Cambridge. He is the director of the university's Autism Research Centre and a Fellow of Trinity College.

探花直播honorary fellowships were granted at a ceremony at the RSM鈥檚 central London home.听

Speaking at the ceremony, Professor Baron-Cohen said: 鈥淎lthough I鈥檓 receiving this honour, I鈥檓 really here because of the work of the team of researchers at the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge. I want to thank them for all their hard work into both basic science into trying to understand the cause of autism but also applied research to evaluate what kinds of support might help autistic people and their families.鈥

探花直播Society also bestowed honours upon Baron Adebowale CBE, Major General Timothy Hodgetts CB, Professor Martin McKee CBE, Professor Dame Robina Shah and Professor Irene Tracey CBE.

Adapted from a news story by the Royal Society of Medicine.


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