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