Tony Holland trained in Medicine at University College and University College Hospital, London, qualifying in 1973. After some years in General Medicine he trained in Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry in London. In 2002 was awarded the Health Foundation Chair in Learning (Intellectual) Disability in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, establishing the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group. His specific research interests include the eating, behavioural and mental health problems associated with having Prader Willi Syndrome; the relationship between Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, and also clinical/legal issues relevant to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. With colleagues he has published research extensively on these topics in academic and practice-based journals. He works closely with charitable organisations. He is psychiatric advisor to the UK DS Association and the UK Prader-Willi Syndrome Association. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2015 he was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to psychiatry. Since October 2015 he has held an Emeritus position at the University of Cambridge. In 2016 he was elected President of the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO).