Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Ninewells hero Lady Fiona Fraser celebrated after decades of cancer research fundraising

Lady Fiona Fraser.
Lady Fiona Fraser.

Almost 30 years of fundraising by Lady Fiona Fraser was celebrated at a reception at Ninewells Hospital on Tuesday.

Lady Fraser, who stepped down as Chair of the Ninewells Cancer Campaign (NCC) in June, raised more than £22 million for cancer research at Dundee University over nearly three decades.

Colleagues, scientists and members of the public celebrated her fundraising efforts at the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre at Ninewells Hospital.

Lady Fiona Fraser with Prof. Bob Steel, new Chairman of the Ninewells Cancer Campaign, at the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, at Ninewells.

After joining the NCC in 1991, she was elected as chairwoman in 2011 and oversaw multi-million pound fundraising efforts to bring the best cancer scientists to Dundee.

The organisation was established in 1991, following an appeal to fund the first CAT scanner for the hospital.

The Jacqui Wood memorial appeal was led by Lady Fraser and raised £2 million to establish the cancer centre named in honour of the late NCC founder.

Lady Fraser said: “I am incredibly proud to have been involved with the Ninewells Cancer Campaign since its inception.

“Over that time I have had the honour to work with the most wonderful group of people, from the brilliant cancer scientists to the people in the community raising the money and it has been this combination of skills that has made us so successful.

“Much progress has been made in cancer research, diagnosis and treatment but challenges still remain, which is why the Ninewells Cancer Campaign must continue and I am sure it will go from strength to strength under its new leadership.”

Professor Bob Steele, Senior Research Fellow at the University’s School of Medicine has succeeded Lady Fraser as the NCC Chair.

He said: “The NCC is a wonderful institution that demonstrates the esteem in which Ninewells Hospital and the University of Dundee are held locally.

“I have been involved since 1996 when I first arrived in Dundee so I know how Fiona has been a tower of strength for the organisation even before taking over the chair.

“Her efforts were central to the successful completion of the Jacqui Wood Centre – a fitting tribute to Jacqui and her work.”


Follow our special series at www.thecourier.co.uk/tay