Former Breast Cancer surgeon and SNP MP Born in Belfast, Philippa has spent most of her life in Scotland. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University and, despite being told repeatedly that women couldn’t do surgery, became a Consultant surgeon, specialising
In 1997, Ann Laird published “Hyndland”, a local history, and joined the Friends of Glasgow West at its inception. Her professional career started in teaching Chemistry, moving later to Computing. As chair of Friends of Glasgow West, she curated Glasgow University’s
Glasgow boy, born and bred. Educated at Allan Glen’s School and Glasgow University. Maths teacher to trade: taught sums for 20 years at Duncanrig Secondary School in East Kilbride; staffroom romance led to marriage with wife Catherine – still going
09 Sept: Martin Hendry Gravitational Waves: “Listening to Einstein’s Universe: the dawn and exciting future of gravitational astronomy” (Biog) 23 Sept: Alex Ritchie: The Floating Church of Loch Sunart (Biog) 14 Oct: David Bruce
My year as your President has flown by and I have enjoyed it. The first thing to say is thank you to the very many people who have contributed to this year. Most of the hard work has been done
Professor Maria Economou is Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Glasgow, where she holds a joint post between Information Studies (College of Arts and Humanities) and The Hunterian, the university’s museum and art gallery service. She holds
Biography Darren Monckton obtained a BSc in biochemistry from the University of Bath (1989) and a PhD in human genetics from the University of Leicester (1992). He did postdoctoral research in Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Professor Emilie Combet CV Professor Emilie Combet is Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Glasgow, where she leads a multidisciplinary research team investigating the impact of diet on health and disease. Her work focuses on the nutritional and
Robert qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974 after obtaining a BSc in Optics and was an Executive Director with Arthur Young now EY Chartered Accountants. In 1991 he became Head of Facilities for United Distillers, now Diageo, and joined
I was the Procurator Fiscal at Lanark for 26 years from 1981 till 2007 and spent a total of 34 years in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal service. Prior to 1981, I was a Depute Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh
