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Professor Dame Moira Whyte DBE

Trustee

Moira was nominated to the Board by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and has been a Trustee since July 2018.

Professor Dame Moira Whyte DBE, FRSE, FMed Sci is the Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and from 2018-2023 the Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

Nominated to the Foundation’s Board by the Medical Research Council (MRC), she is a member of the MRC’s Strategy Board, chairs the MRC’s Training and Careers Group and has chaired a number of scientific advisory and grant awarding committees for a range of medical charities.

Moira was awarded a DBE in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours list for services to medical research.