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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The renewal of the MBChB programme in 2025 marks the continuation of a longer tradition at St Andrews. From 1897 to 1967, St Andrews offered the MBChB degree. This online installation tells this history through some of St Andrews\u2019 most notable alumni of the MBChB programme. Click on their names to learn more about how these graduates shaped the field of medicine. Margaret Fairlie<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(1891\u20131963) was a gynaecologist and obstetrician. She was an early pioneer of cancer treatment and the first female professor in Scotland.<\/p>\n [\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”Developing global health” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Monowar Khan Afridi\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(1900\u20131968) was a malariologist and pioneer in global health in the early years of the World Health Organisation Alumni in history The renewal of the MBChB programme in 2025 marks the continuation of a longer tradition at St Andrews. From 1897 to 1967, St Andrews offered the MBChB degree. This online installation tells this history through some of St Andrews\u2019 most notable alumni of the MBChB programme. 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\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story show_label=”on” label_date=”A Battle for inclusion” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]National reforms allowed women to earn degrees<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at Scottish universities from 1892. Soon after, St Andrews created a new medical school, which would see the first women medical students graduate with an MBChB in 1905.
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\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”Inequalities exposed” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Douglas Black<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(1913\u20132002) was a nephrologist, public health advocate, and leader in British medicine. He created the famous \u2018Black Report\u2019, revealing health inequalities in Britain.
\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”Rational drug design” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]James Black<\/strong><\/a> (1924\u20132010) was a pharmacologist and the University\u2019s first and only Nobel Prize laureate, receiving this honour for his pioneering approach to drug design.
\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”The Hands of a lady” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Caroline May Doig<\/strong><\/a> (1938\u20132019) was a paediatric surgeon specialising in gastroenterology. She was an early pioneer for women in surgery.
\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”Medicine and policy” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Narendra Patel <\/strong><\/a>(1938\u2013present) is an obstetrician and specialist in maternal care. He currently serves in the House of Lords, informing health policy in Britain.
\n[\/tmdivi_timeline_story][tmdivi_timeline_story label_date=”On the frontlines” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]David Nott <\/strong><\/a>(1956-present) is a vascular surgeon specialising in laparoscopic techniques. He has volunteered annually to provide trauma surgery in war and disaster zones.
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