Moira Whyte - Curriculum Vitae#
Education and Qualifications:
- University of London: 1981 B.Sc. 1st Class
- 1984 M.B., B.S.
- 1993 Ph.D.
- Royal College of Physicians: 1987 M.R.C.P. (U.K.)
- 1998 F.R.C.P.
- Academy of Medical Sciences: 2005 F.Med.Sci.
Current Positions:
- Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh
- Director, MRC/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research
- Head of Edinburgh Medical School
Honours:
- 2014 OBE for Services to Respiratory Medicine
- 2014 Foundation Fellow of the European Respiratory Society
- 2005 Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2002 Tudor Edwards Lecturer of the Royal College of Physicians
Current Grants
Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme “ECAT-Plus: Edinburgh Clinical Academic Training” £6,399,000, 2017-2022 (Director)
Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship Ref 20364. “Investigating impaired alveolar macrophage function in COPD: is the phenotype a consequence of defective cellular metabolism? £199K, 2016-2019
Wellcome Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowship. “The effect of hypoxia-inducible factor 2 activation on macrophage function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis £326K, 2016-2020
Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship Ref 35592. “Regulation of neutrophilic inflammation by the prolyl hydroxylase enzyme PHD1.” £266,219, 2016-2019
MRC/NIHR Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation Programme Ref12/206 PI Prof Andrew Wilson (University of East Anglia), Moira Whyte one of 5 co-applicants “The efficacy and mechanism evaluation of Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with the Addition of Co-trimoxazole (EME-TIPAC)” £1,372,865, 2014-2017
MRC Clinical Training Fellowship G023845 “The role of hypoxia in determining cellular outcomes of pulmonary infection and its importance in the pathogenesis of COPD” £279,978, 2013-2017
GlaxoSmithKline Academic Collaborative Grant. PI Moira Whyte, co-PI David Dockrell “The effects of NRF2 pathway modulators on alveolar macrophage phagocytosis, efferocytosis and function” £350K, 2013-2017
Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellowship Ref. 098516. Fellowship for Dr Sarah Walmsley, Sponsor Moira Whyte “Regulation of neutrophilic inflammation by the HIF/PHD pathway” £1.8M as Sponsor, 2012-2017
