About

Yes, I had a brain tumor (Medulloblastoma) at the age of four. I also had a stroke at about the same age. As a result, there are things I cannot do.

Instead of focusing on what I cannot do, let us focus on what I can do. I can:

  • work. And have done so since the age of 17.
  • Complete two undergraduate degrees.
  • Complete an MSc in Social Innovation.
  • Walk the West Highland Way.
  • write a book: lost identity
  • Boxfit (badly).
  • non-academic research.
  • come up with innovative ideas

My YouTube video(s)

Who is David M Howie, MSc
Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026 (UK)

Blog posts tell a story.

My education: P1 to MSc graduate.

Given that Nature and Nurture are equal components of the Scottish government’s curriculum for excellence, it is essential not to forget my pre-medulloblastoma diagnosis years. Of which there were four. I was born on Saturday, May 7, 1983, at 23:00 in Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital. Unknowing to me then, I would spend the majority of…