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Hugh Montgomery

Hugh Montgomery is a professor of medicine and the director of the UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance. He discovered that an allele of the gene with the DNA code for ACE influences physical fitness, which was the first discovery of a gene related to fitness. Hugh Montgomery was awarded the title of London Leader by the London Sustainable Development Commission for his work in climate change and health. He was also a founding member of the UK Climate and Health Council and one of the co-authors of the UCL-Lancet Commission in 2009.

Hugh Montgomery is a professor of medicine and the director of the UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance. He discovered that an allele of the gene with the DNA code for ACE influences physical fitness, which was the first discovery of a gene related to fitness. Hugh Montgomery was awarded the title of London Leader by the London Sustainable Development Commission for his work in climate change and health. He was also a founding member of the UK Climate and Health Council and one of the co-authors of the UCL-Lancet Commission in 2009.

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