Congratulations to RSS fellow Tim Cole of University College London’s Institute of Child Health, who has been awarded a CBE in the
2025 King’s Birthday Honours List for services to medical statistics. Tim, who was also awarded our Bradford Hill Medal in 2016, made many important contributions to the study of human growth and development over his career.
We are delighted to see that the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List included awards for many working within statistics, mathematics, epidemiology and data science, including:
Professor Peter Michael Cox, Professor of Climate System Dynamics in Mathematics, University of Exeter. For services to science and to climate modelling – CBE
Professor Rowland Raymond Kao, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Data Science, University of Edinburgh. For services to mathematics and infectious disease dynamics – CBE
Professor Mariana Mazzucato Professor in Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. For services to economics – CBE
Professor Emily Fleur Shuckburgh OBE, Professor of Environmental Data Science and Director, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge. For services to climate science and to the public communication of climate science – CBE
Professor Liam Smeeth, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. For services to public health and education – CBE
Richard Cracknell, Head of Social and General Statistics, House of Commons. For services to parliament – MBE
Dr Jennifer Gold, Executive Director of Research, Economic and Social Research Council. For services to evidence-based policy making – MBE
Sarah Elizabeth Ann Lowe, Senior Research Officer, Welsh Government. For services to data research – MBE
Ruth Alexandra Marshall, Head of Futures Capability, Government Office for Science. For services to evidence-based policy making and innovation - MBE
Professor Joanne Blanden, Professor in Economics, University of Surrey. For services to economics – OBE
Davin Anthony Crowley-Sweet, Chief Data Officer, National Highways. For services to the safety of the road network - OBE
Alexander James Samuel Stewart, Senior Statistician, Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Scottish Government. For services to Scottish economic statistics – OBE
We regularly propose nominations for civil honours for statisticians and data scientists—to find out more, read about our
external honours panel.