Lyman is a medical doctor, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and research fellow at the University of Oxford.
[8] The Remarkable Life of the Skin was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize.
[9] Aged 26 at the time, Lyman remains the youngest shortlisted author in the prize’s 37-year history.
[10] While the Wellcome Book Prize paused in 2019, The Remarkable Life of the Skin won the public vote in the unofficial but Wellcome-endorsed #NotTheWellcomePrize.
[12] The Immune Mind won the 2024 British Psychological Society Book Award.