Dr Moira Blyth

Profile

I became an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds in January 2010. I am also a Consultant in Clinical Genetics. I have a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals from the University of Bristol. Between 2012 and 2018, I was a Personal Tutor for MBChB students in Years 3, 4 and 5. In 2016, I became an Academic Sub-Dean for the MBChB.

Responsibilities

  • Academic Sub-Dean
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer

Research interests

I have a Doctor of Medicine, awarded by the University of Southampton for my study into Pallister-Killian syndrome.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Medicine
  • Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals
  • MBChB

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Student education

As well as being an Academic Sub-Dean for the MBChB (rotating between Years 3 and 4), I teach Genetics on the MBChB programme.

Research groups and institutes

  • Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's