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Graham Alexander MacGregor CBE (1 April 1941 – 1 September 2025) was a British academic who was professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Wolfson Institute, Queen Mary University of London.[1]
Life and career
[edit]MacGregor was born on 1 April 1941 in St Albans, Hertfordshire.[2][3] He trained at Charing Cross Hospital where he was taught by the distinguished nephrologist, Professor Hugh de Wardener.[4] MacGregor's own speciality at this stage was also in kidney disease.[4] He developed an interest in the relationship between kidney function and high blood pressure which led him to a parallel campaigning role, attempting to persuade food manufacturers to reduce the quantity of salt in factory produced food.[5]
He founded Blood Pressure UK in 2001.[6] He later became chairman of Action on Sugar.
MacGregor was also honorary consultant physician at St George's Hospital, London, and a visiting professor at St George's Hospital Medical School, London.[4]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to cardiovascular disease.[7]
MacGregor died on 1 September 2025, at the age of 84.[8]
Recognition
[edit]MacGregor was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2003.[9]
He was listed in the IoS Happy List, 2012.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Professor Graham A MacGregor (1941-2025)". British & Irish Hypertension Society. 2025. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025.
- ↑ "Macgregor, Prof. Graham Alexander, (born 1 April 1941), Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, since 2009". WHO'S WHO 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Ferry, Georgina (22 September 2025). "Graham MacGregor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Wolfson Institute - Graham MacGregor | Wolfson Institute". Wolfson.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Should I avoid salt?". The media loves to polarise debates – anything to get a new headline – and ... BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ↑ "Blood Pressure UK". www.bloodpressureuk.org. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B9.
- ↑ MacGregor The Times
- ↑ "Deceased Fellows". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- "Action on Sugar Chairman Professor Graham MacGregor on the Life Scientific". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
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