Jen Morton is a group leader at the CRUK Scotland (formerly Beatson) institute and and Professor in the University of Glasgow School of Cancer Sciences. Jen qualified with a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Glasgow in 1998 and
Professor Gerry McCartney Gerry McCartney graduated from medicine at the University of Glasgow and did his GP vocational training in Paisley. Whilst working as a junior doctor he completed an honours degree in Economics and Development at the University of
David Green retired in 2023 after 40 years as a Procurator Fiscal. As a child, enthused by the BBC series “Sutherlands Law” he had decided that he wanted to join the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. By the age
Liz Lochhead was the second Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, from 2011 till 2016. She was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, 2015. A performance-poet as well as a poet for the page, she is also a playwright,
I’ve lived outside America for 50 years, mainly in Scotland, but also England and Egypt. My American frame of reference is the 1960s when I grew up in Peoria, Illinois. Baseball, Vietnam, moon shots, civil rights. I’ve travelled back to
Dr Richard Petty Richard is a retired Consultant Neurologist from what was the Southern General Glasgow. He was appointed in 1995 after periods of training in Newcastle and both the Royal Free and National Hospital, Queen Square in London. He
Robin was educated at Oxford University where he did both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees. After time as a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, he went to the States for two years before arriving in Glasgow. Our research group worked
Following graduation in Aeronautical Engineering I commenced sponsored training to become a commercial airline pilot in 1970 and started as a co-pilot on the BEA Trident aircraft from 1971 for a period of 14 years, and finished my career in
Gerard Carruthers is Francis Hutcheson Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Fellow of the World Burns Federation, of the English Association and of the
Commander Ian Lamb Royal Navy Retired On leaving School in 1964 Ian joined Eastern Electricity (EE) as a Student Apprentice. He successfully negotiated his studies and then worked for EE as a planning engineer. In 1970 he volunteered and was
