Jane Haley
Born
Jane Haley
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London
AwardsMBE

British Neuroscience Association Award for the Public Understanding of Neuroscience

Principal's Medal for Outstanding Service, University of Edinburgh
Scientific career
FieldsElectrophysiology Neuroscience
InstitutionsEdinburgh Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh Department of Pharmacology, University College London University of Minnesota

Stanford University

Jane Haley MBE is a British electrophysiologist who is the Edinburgh Neuroscience Scientific Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.[1][2] It was for this role in public engagement and collaboration that Haley was appointed MBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours List recognising her contribution to science engagement and education.[3][4][1][5]

Education

Haley studied Pharmacology BSc (Hons) at University College London (UCL).[2][6] She graduated in 1987 at the Royal Albert Hall, where Princess Anne presided over the graduation ceremony.[2]

Haley studied her PhD, also in Pharmacology at UCL between 1987 and 1991.[7][6]

Career

Haley's research involves understanding chronic pain and how memories are formed by measuring the electrical activity of nerve cells.[6][8] She has held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University from 1991 to 1994.[7] Haley was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacology at University College London from 1994 to 1999[7] and then at the University of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2007.[7]

In 2006, Haley began her current role as Scientific Coordinator for Edinburgh Neuroscience at University of Edinburgh.[7] She also currently holds a position as local group representative for the British Neuroscience Association (BNA)[2] and sits on the ASCUS Lab Advisory Board.[9]

Haley has also held the role of Communication Committee Member for the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) from 2016 to 2018.[7]

Honours and awards

In 2012, Haley was awarded the Principal's Medal for Outstanding Service by the Principal at the University of Edinburgh.[7]

In 2013, Haley was awarded the Award for Public Understanding of Neuroscience by the British Neuroscience Association (BNA).[10] She was presented with this award at the BNA Christmas Symposium in London in December 2013.[10]

In 2019, Haley was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List to receive a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).[1][2][3][5] She was presented with the MBE at Buckingham Palace in January 2020 by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jane HALEY, (Jane Wyllie)". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dr Jane Haley MBE: Congratulations! | News | The British Neuroscience Association". www.bna.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. 1 2 "Dr Jane Haley awarded MBE". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Dr Jane Haley, Edinburgh Neuroscience Coordinator, awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List". Edinburgh Neuroscience. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. 1 2 "Here's the full Queen's birthday honours list for 2019". inews.co.uk. 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  6. 1 2 3 "Jane Haley - Comma Press". commapress.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Office, FENS. "Jane Haley". FENS.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  8. ↑ ANCR (July 2011). "Neuroscience in Fashion: An Encounter at Inspace" (PDF). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "ASCUS Lab Advisory Board". ASCUS. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  10. 1 2 "Jane Haley wins award – beltanenetwork.org". Retrieved 2021-02-03.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.