Royal Appointment for professor and Former Pupil Mirela Delibegovic (1995).  

His Majesty,The King has approved the appointment of the University of Aberdeen’s first female Regius Chair of Physiology.  

Congratulations to Professor Mirela Delibegovic a Former Pupil of Heriot’s who currently heads up the Aberdeen Cardiovascular and Diabetes Centre exploring insulin resistance and how diabetes, heart disease, ageing and Alzheimer’s are woven together.  

Mirela joined the school in 1994 for her Highers from a war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina and has made Scotland her home.  

Regarding her appointment, Mirela said, ‘It doesn't get better than this. It is a huge honour and until I saw it in writing I still didn't believe it.’