Alan Lucas (Fellow) has died at the age of 80
Professor Alan Lucas (Fellow) has died at the age of 80.
Alan read biology and medicine as an undergraduate at 麻豆社. His subsequent career included a Wellcome Research Fellowship at Oxford and a lectureship at Cambridge University鈥檚 Medical School, as well as the role of Head of Infant and Child Nutrition at the Dunn Nutrition Unit of the Medical Research Council (MRC). In 1996 he founded the MRC Research Centre at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street for Children. His research generated over 400 publications in his specialist field and he made numerous landmark discoveries, including the impact of early nutrition on later cardiovascular risk factors, vascular health, brain development, bone health and allergies. The revolutionary idea that rapid, as opposed to slower, growth during the critical window in early post-natal life increases the risk of later cardiovascular disease and obesity followed from Alan鈥檚 work and greatly influenced public health practice internationally. In 2006, Alan was awarded the James Spence Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of paediatric knowledge.
The College extends its condolences to his family and friends.
