- Location of primary medical degree: University of Glasgow
- First interested in research: Small pieces duringundergraduate course, hospital training, main projects when he became a GP
- Current specialisation: academic GP
- Career:
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- Lecturer then Senior lecturer University of Glasgow
- Epidemiology of Diabetes in Seychelles
- NHS Tayside professor in General Practice and Primary Care in the University of Dundee
- Director of the Health Informatics Centre
- Clinical director of the Scottish School of Primary Care (SSPC) and Primary Care Research Network (SPCRN)
- Gordon F. Cheesborough Research Chair at North York General Hospital and director of the University of Toronto’s Practice Based Research Network: UTOPIAN
- Professor of Primary Care Medicine in the University of St. Andrews in 2017 and is the Director of Research
- He was a member of the REF (UoA1) Clinical Medicine panel and the MRC Clinical Academic & Career Development panel
- He is a trustee of the RS MacDonald charitable trust and chairs their research panel.
- Senior Research Fellow in the International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon.
- PhD: after training for GP – Health Services Research
- Work in other countries: Toronto, Gambia, Seychelles
- Attitudes towards this type of job: Some people think research doesn’t change clinical work – but it is extremely beneficial for health care systems
- Current week rota: 10%GP, 90% research, teaching and management
- Advice: Get involved early on and take advantage of summer opportunities! “Come and see me or other researchers about opportunities for involvement in research”.
