Jill Belch

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Jill Janette Freda Belch OBE FRSE (born 22 October 1954) is a Scottish academic working in the field of vascular medicine. [1]

Biography

Belch was born in Glasgow on 22 October 1954 to Janetta Finnie Murdoch and Alexander Ross Belch. She studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a MB ChB in 1976 and an MD in 1987, winning the Belahouston Gold Medal. From 1982 to 1987, she was a lecturer for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council. She was a lecturer at the University of Dundee from 1987 to 1992 and a Reader from 1992 to 1995, becoming a professor of vascular medicine in 1995. She held honorary consultant status at the University Department of Medicine of Ninewells Hospital. [2]

She has been director of the Tayside Clinical Trials Centre and of the Tayside Medical Science Centre. [2]

Her primary area of interest in research is inflammatory elements of vascular disease. [3]

Belch was a founder fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2016, she was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire for her work in medicine. [3]

She is the mother of actress Joanna Vanderham.

In 2022, Belch received Saltire Society's award of Outstanding Woman of Scotland. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Professor Jill Belch". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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  4. "Outstanding Woman of the Year". Discovery - the University of Dundee Research Portal. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. "Jill Belch". The Saltire Society. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2023.