Professor Rona MacKie announced as MASScot's Honorary President

MASScot once again held a successful meeting at the Corinthian Glasgow.

The meeting made up of MASScot members and other interested members of the public gathered to hear from Professor Robert Insall from Cancer Research UK.

Professor Robert Insall is an expert in genetics and works out of CRUK’s world renowned Beatson Institute.  Prof. Insall talked through the basics of genetics and spoke on how melanoma grows and spreads in the body. 

MASScot also announced that Professor Rona MacKie has been appointed as Honorary President of Melanoma Action and Support Scotland.

Melanoma Action and Support Scotland (MASScot) was created in 2003 by Professor Rona MacKie with assistance from Cancer Support Scotland. Rona Mackie is a dermatologist and was for 20 years professor of dermatology at Glasgow University. She has a longstanding interest in earlier diagnosis of melanoma and has both published in this area, and run campaigns aimed at encouraging greater public awareness and therefore earlier diagnosis which should lead to reduced melanoma mortality. 

MASScot has grown from strength to strength since its creation.