Rona MacKie

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Rona McLeod, Lady Black, CBE, FRSE, FMedSci, FRCP, FRCPath (née Davidson; born 1940), known professionally as Rona MacKie, is a Scottish dermatologist.

Early life and family[]

Rona McLeod Davidson was born in Dundee[1] in 1940, the daughter of Professor James Norman Davidson, CBE, PRSE, FRS, and his wife Dr Morag, née McLeod.[2] Her father was at the University of Glasgow from 1947 to 1972.[1] Davidson attended Channing School and , before studying at the University of Glasgow; she graduated with her medical degrees (MB ChB) in 1963, and was awarded a doctor of medicine (MD) degree by the university in 1970. She has been married twice; firstly to Euan Wallace MacKie, and secondly, between 1994 and his death in 2010, to the pharmacologist Sir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS, FRSE.[2]

Career[]

Mackie held junior posts in Glasgow hospitals between completing her medical qualifications and obtaining her doctorate in 1970.[2] She became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1971.[1] Between 1971 and 1972, she was a lecturer in Dermatology at her alma mater, but then spent six years as a Consultant Dermatologist with the Greater Glasgow Health Board. In 1978, she returned to Glasgow University as Professor of Dermatology and remained in the post until 2001, when she was appointed a senior research fellow in the Faculty of Medicine.[2] Mackie's principle interest is skin cancer, particularly melanoma.[1]

In 1983, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh;[1] the following year, she also became a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1985 a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[2] In 1994, Glagow conferred on her a higher doctorate (DSc). In 1998, she was among the founding fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the next year the British Association of Dermatologists awarded her the Sir Archibald Grey Medal.[1] In the 1999 Birthday Honours, Mackie was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[3] She received the Bicentenary Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007 and the Medal for Dermatological Research from the two years later.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Rona MacKie", University of Glasgow. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "MacKie, Prof. Rona McLeod, (Lady Black)", Who's Who 2017 (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, November 2016). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours: Civil List – CBE, GBE, DBE and KBE", BBC News, 12 June 1999. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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