Jill Janette Freda Belch OBE FRSE (born 22 October 1954) is a Scottish academic working in the field of vascular medicine.[1]
Biography
editBelch was born in Glasgow on 22 October 1954 to Janetta Finnie Murdoch and Alexander Ross Belch. She studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a MB ChB in 1976 and an MD in 1987, winning the Belahouston Gold Medal. From 1982 to 1987, she was a lecturer for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council. She was a lecturer at the University of Dundee from 1987 to 1992 and a Reader from 1992 to 1995, becoming a professor of vascular medicine in 1995. She held honorary consultant status at the University Department of Medicine of Ninewells Hospital.[2]
She has been director of the Tayside Clinical Trials Centre and of the Tayside Medical Science Centre.[2]
Her primary area of interest in research is inflammatory elements of vascular disease.[3]
Belch was a founder fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2016, she was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire for her work in medicine.[3]
She is the mother of actress Joanna Vanderham.
In 2022, Belch received Saltire Society's award of Outstanding Woman of Scotland.[4][5]
References
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- ^ "Professor Jill Belch". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Jill Belch". University of Dundee School of Medicine.
- ^ a b "Professor Jill Belch". orcid.org.
- ^ "Outstanding Woman of the Year". Discovery - the University of Dundee Research Portal. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Jill Belch". The Saltire Society. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2023.