Gary Mires is Dean of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics at the University of Dundee. He is an Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee. He obtained his MBChB and MD from the University of Dundee, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His clinical interest is high risk pregnancy particularly the management of multiple pregnancy and pregnancy complicated by diabetes. His research interest is ‘the small baby’ particularly pre-term delivery, antecedent factors for intrauterine growth restriction, assessment of fetal growth and wellbeing and the consequences for long- term health of being born ‘small’. He sits on the UK Medical Schools Council, Scottish Board for Academic Medicine (BfAM), Scottish Government Professionalism and Excellence Group, NES Medical Advisory Working Group and the NES Strategy for Recruiting and Retaining Trainees in Scotland Group. He was chair of the Scottish Deans Medical Education Group and is currently chair NHS Education Scotland (NES) Regional ACT Group and Vice Chair of the International Medical University (IMU) Academic Council. He was the Medical Schools Council representative on the Selecting for Excellence Executive Group which published its report on widening participation in Medicine in 2014 and is currently the Medical Schools Council representative on the Academy of Medical Royal College Foundation Programme Committee. He has held several positions at the RCOG including Honorary Director of E-Learning and Editor in Chief of the RCOG StratOG.net online distance learning programme which is now the key educational on-line training resource for all UK trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He contributed to several education initiatives at the RCOG including curriculum development and assessment as a Member of the RCOG Education and Curriculum Committees.

Ellaway R, Evans P, McKillop J, Cameron H, Morrison J, McKenzie H, Mires G et al Cross referencing the ‘Scottish Doctor’ and ‘Tomorrows Doctor’ learning outcomes framework. Medical Teacher 2007:29;630-635 Myers JE, Hart S, Armstrong S, Mires GJ, Benyon R, Gaskell SJ, Baker PN. Evidence for multiple circulating factors in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gtynecol. 2007; 196 (3): 266-268 Chesser A, Cameron H, Evans P, Cleland J, Boursicot K, Mires G Sources of variation in performance on a shared OSCE station across four UK medical schools. Med Ed 2009:43;526-532 Ker J, Phillips G, Mires GJ Challenges of transferring hand hygiene skills to clinical practice – medical students’ perceptions of the impact of a self directed programme. Intl J Clinical Skills 2009:3;26-29 A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled STudy Of Progesterone for the Prevention of Preterm Birth In Twins (STOPPIT ), and a meta- analysis of the use of progesterone for preterm birth prevention in twin pregnancy. Jane E Norman, Fiona Mackenzie,Philip Owen, Helen Mactier, Kevin Hanretty, Sarah Cooper, Andrew Calder, Gary Mires, Peter Danielian, Steven Sturgiss, Graeme MacLennan, Graham Tydeman, Steven Thornton, Bill Martin, James G Thornton, James P Neilson, John Norrie Lancet 2009: 373;2034-40 Inkster M, Fahey T, Donnan P, Leese G, Mires G, Murphy D The role of modifiable pre-pregnancy risk factors in preventing adverse fetal outcomes among women with type 1 and 2 diabetes Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2009: 99999; 1-5 Rebekah A. Samangaya, Gary Mires, Andrew Shennan, Laurence Skillern, David Howe, Alison McLeod, Philip N. Baker. A Randomised, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor Sildenafil for the Treatment of Preeclampsia Hypertension in Pregnancy 2009: 28:4,369 — 382 Saunders H, Hundal K, Mires GJ. StratOG.net: the RCOG’s online learning resource to support curriculum delivery and postgraduate training. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2010;12:193–198 Khan F, Mires G, Mcleod M, Belch J Relationship between maternal arterial wave reflection, microvascular function and fetal growth in normal pregnancy. Microcirculation 2010;17:608-614 Barber R, Mires G, McLeod M, Anderson A Uptake of folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy: focus group analysis of women's views and experiences. J Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2011 In Press