Moira Whyte
Moira Whyte | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Respiratory Medicine |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte[1] OBE FRCP FMedSci FERS is a Scottish physician and medical researcher who is the Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[2] She is the Head of Edinburgh Medical School and is the Director the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh.[3][4][5]
Career
Whyte trained in London at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Whyte completed clinical fellowships funded by the The Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome Trust. Professor Whyte became Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sheffield in 1996. In 2014 Whyte moved to become the Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[6]
Whyte was previously an honorary officer and Registrar of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2012–2016.[7] Whyte is active in the Medical Research Council (MRC) as the Chair of the MRC Clinical Training and Careers Panel[8] and was formerly a Member of the MRC Population and Systems Medicine Board (PSMB) and was also Deputy Chair of the MRC/NIHR Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation (EME) Board. She is also an Honorary Consultant Physician and member of the NHS Lothian Health Board.[9]
Awards
Whyte was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to respiratory medicine in the 2014 New Year Honours.[10]
References
- ^ Debrett's People of Today[dead link]
- ^ http://www.cir.ed.ac.uk/investigator/professor-moira-whyte
- ^ "University of Sheffield academics awarded in Queen's New Year's Honours" (Press release). University of Sheffield. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Bio at The Academy of Medical Sciences
- ^ University of Edinburgh MRC Centre for Inflammation Research for 21 December, 2015
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Professor Philippa Saunders elected Academy's registrar" (Press release). Academy of Medical Sciences. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "About us: Research Boards & Panels: Clinical Training and Career Development Panel. Membership from 1 April 2016". Medical Research Council. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ http://www.academia-net.org/profil/prof-moira-whyte/1362961
- ^ "Professor Moira Whyte Awarded OBE" (Press release). University of Sheffield. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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