Morag Crichton Timbury
Morag Crichton Timbury was a Scottish medical virologist, bacteriologist and science writer.
Early life and education
Morag Crichton McCulloch was born on 29 September 1930. Her parents were Dr Esther Sinclair McCulloch and William McCulloch. She attended St Bride's High School in East Kilbride before studying medicine at University of Glasgow. She graduated from the university with a MB ChB in 1953 and MD in 1960, and received her PhD in 1976.Career
After graduation, she worked from 1960 to 1963 at the Regional Virtus Laboratory, in Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow as the Sir Maurice Bloch Research Fellow in Virology. She was a lecturer and senior lecturer in bacteriology at the University of Glasgow, and subsequently a Reader in virology. She went on to become Professor of Bacteriology and William Teacher Lecturer at the university, and head of the Department of Bacteriology at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1988, Timbury was appointed director of the Central Public Health Laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service, and she held that position until 1995.She was a visiting associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, United States, visiting Mayne Guest Professor at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and Honorary Visiting Professor of Virology at Imperial College School of Medicine.
In 1998, Timbury was a committee member on the Independent Review Group for the Review of Food-related Scientific Services in Scotland. The resulting report of the Group, The Timbury Report, was named for her.
Selected works
She has authored or co-authored many articles and books including the following:- by Morag C. Timbury, A. Christine McCartney, Bishan Thakker, and Katherine N. Ward ; August 2002 Medical Virology, February 1991 Notes on Medical Bacteriology January 1981 January 1986 Essentials of Immunology and Microbiology January 1973
Awards and honours
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1974
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, 1976
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1979
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1994