Kimberly Black successfully undertook her viva voce examination on the 20th June, the final day of her COVID isolation, defending a doctoral thesis entitled: Elucidating the role of PAR2 in bronchial smooth muscle in COPD.
Her examiners included external, Dr Yvonne Dempsie from Glasgow Caledonian University and Dr John McLean (UWS).
Congratulations Dr Black – and well done to the supervisory team, led by Dr Gary Litherland and including Dr Andrew MacKenzie and Prof John Lockhart.
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