Graham MacGregor

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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

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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] More recently he 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

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McGregor was listed in the IoS Happy List, 2012.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Graham A MacGregor (1941-2025)". British & Irish Hypertension Society. 2025. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Ferry, Georgina (22 September 2025). "Graham MacGregor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Wolfson Institute - Graham MacGregor | Wolfson Institute". Wolfson.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Should I avoid salt?". The media loves to polarise debates – anything to get a new headline – and ... BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Blood Pressure UK". www.bloodpressureuk.org. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B9.
  8. ^ MacGregor The Times
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