From the highlands of Scotland to the Welsh Valleys...bringing the core values of family medicine to the world.
Professor Graham Watt was the Norie Miller Professor of General Practice in Glasgow University from 1994-2016 and Head of the Department/Section of General Practice from 1994-2009. He is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews.
After graduating from the University of Aberdeen in 1976, he trained in epidemiology and general practice, and worked with Dr Julian Tudor Hart at Glyncorrwg in South Wales.He completed vocational training at Townhead Health Centre in Glasgow and in the following decade, he established the Glasgow WHO MONICA Project Centre, then worked in the Scottish Chief Scientist Office and as a senior lecturer in public health at Glasgow University.
His research interest in health and disease in families began at Glyncorrwg and continued with the Ladywell Blood Pressure Study in Edinburgh and the MIDSPAN Family Study in the west of Scotland. He coordinated and led the Deep End Project from 2009-2016, based on the 100 most deprived general practice populations in Scotland, and remains closely involved.
