Moira Whyte#
| Membership Number: | 4533 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh
- 2014 - Director, MRC University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research
- Previous Positions:
- 2013 - 2014 Sir George Franklin Professor of Medicine, University of Sheffield
- 2010 - 2014 Head of the Department of Infection and Immunity, University of Sheffield
- 1996 - 2013 Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sheffield
- 1994 - 1996 Wellcome Trust Advanced Fellow, University of Nottingham and Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories, London
- 1992 - 1994 Senior Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London
- 1989 - 1992 MRC Clinical Training Fellow, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London
- 1987 - 1989 Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Hammersmith Hospital, London
- 1984 - 1987 Junior Hospital posts in London
Fields of Scholarship
- Respiratory medicine
- Inflammation
- Neutrophil biology
- Apoptosis regulation
- Clinical academic training and careers
Honours and Awards
- Honours
- 2014 OBE for Services to Respiratory Medicine
- 2014 Foundation Fellow of the European Respiratory Society
- 2005 Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2002 Tudor Edwards Lecturer of the Royal College of Physicians
- Awards
- 1994 Wellcome Trust Advanced Fellowship
- 1989 MRC Clinical Training Fellowship
