Rona McLeod MacKie

Rona McLeod, Lady Black (née Davidson; born 22 May 1940), known professionally as Rona MacKie, is a British dermatologist.

Early life and family Rona McLeod Davidson was born in Dundee Her father was Gardiner Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Glasgow from 1947 to 1972. Davidson attended Laurel Bank School, before studying medicine at the University of Glasgow. She graduated with an MB ChB in 1963, and received an MD with commendation in 1970.

Career Mackie held junior posts in Glasgow hospitals between completing her medical qualifications and obtaining her doctorate in 1970. She remained in this post until 2001, when she was appointed as a senior research fellow in the Faculty of Medicine.

In 1983, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, She received the Bicentenary Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007 and the Medal for Dermatological Research from the British Society for Investigative Dermatology two years later.