That the Parliament congratulates Professor Sharon Hutchinson of Blanefield on being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in The King’s New Year’s Honours; acknowledges that she has been the Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Glasgow Caledonian University since 2013 and received the award for services to public health research; considers that Professor Hutchinson leads a broad translational research programme on the epidemiology of blood borne viruses, and has authored more than 200 papers, and notes that she has worked jointly with Public Health Scotland, which is the national centre that monitors communicable diseases, for over 15 years.
Supported by: Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Jamie Greene, Jamie Greene, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Paul Sweeney, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle