Moira Whyte

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Dame Moira Whyte
DBE FRSE FMedSci
Born
Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte

(1959-09-25) 25 September 1959 (age 64) [1]
NationalityBritish
Alma mater St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
Scientific career
Fields Respiratory medicine
Institutions University of Edinburgh
University of Sheffield

Dame Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte [2] DBE FRCP FMedSci FRSE FERS (born 25 September 1959) is a Scottish physician and medical researcher who is the Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. [3] She was the Director the Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research and was Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. [3] [4] [5] [6] Whyte is also a trustee of Cancer Research UK. [7]

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Early life and education

Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte was born on 25 September 1959. Her parents are Maurice and Anne Whyte. She was educated at Plymouth's Convent of Notre Dame, and, later, Plymouth College. She then went on to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. [8] She worked and studied at Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Whyte completed clinical fellowships funded by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust. [9]

Career and research

Whyte became Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sheffield in 1996, subsequently becoming Head of the Department of Infection and Immunity. [10] In 2014 Whyte moved to become the Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and in 2016, Whyte became Head of the University of Edinburgh Medical School succeeding John Iredale, having become Director of the MRC University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research in 2015. [4]

Whyte was previously an honorary officer and Registrar of the Academy of Medical Sciences from 2012 to 2016. [11] Whyte is active in the Medical Research Council as the Chair of their Clinical Training and Careers Panel [12] and was formerly a Member of the Medical Research Council Population and Systems Medicine Board and was also Deputy Chair of the Medical Research Council/National Institute for Health Research Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation Board.

In April 2018, Whyte took up the position of Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. [4] She succeeded Professor Sir John Savill in this role. [9] Whyte was succeeded by David Argyle in 2022. [13]

In 2020, Whyte was appointed a trustee of Cancer Research UK. [14]

Awards and honours

Whyte was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to respiratory medicine in the 2014 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the same order in the 2024 Birthday Honours. [15] In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. [16] [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Whyte, Prof. Moira Katherine Brigid, (Mrs D. C. Crossman)". Whyte, Prof. Moira Katherine Brigid, (MRS D. C. Crossman), (Born 25 Sept. 1959), Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Sir John Crofton Director, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, since 2014, and Head of Edinburgh Medical School, since 2016, University of Edinburgh. Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245663.
  2. ↑ Debrett's People of Today
  3. 1 2 "MRC Centre for Inflammation Research". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "Professor Moira Whyte". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "University of Sheffield academics awarded in Queen's New Year's Honours" (Press release). University of Sheffield. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Professor Moira Whyte | The Academy of Medical Sciences". www.acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Our Trustees". Cancer Research UK. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Whyte, Prof. Moira Katherine Brigid". Who's who. Oxford University Press. 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245663.
  9. 1 2 "New Head for College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Appointment: Professor Moira Whyte". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Professor Philippa Saunders elected Academy's registrar" (Press release). Academy of Medical Sciences. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "About us: Research Boards & Panels: Clinical Training and Career Development Panel. Membership from 1 April 2016". Medical Research Council . Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "New Head of College appointed". University of Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Our Trustees". Cancer Research UK. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Professor Moira Whyte Awarded OBE" (Press release). University of Sheffield. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Professor Moira Whyte OBE, FMedSci FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "Awards for Birthday Honours List 2024" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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