Jane E. Haley MBE is a

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electrophysiologist who is Director of Research at the motor neuron disease charity MND Scotland. Between 2006 and 2021 she was the Edinburgh Neuroscience Scientific Coordinator at the

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. 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.

Education

Haley studied

Pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...

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(UCL). She graduated in 1987 at the

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, where

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presided over the graduation ceremony. Haley studied her

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, also in Pharmacology at UCL between 1987 and 1991.

Career

Haley's research involved understanding chronic pain and how memories are formed by measuring the electrical activity of nerve cells. She held a post-doctoral fellowship at the

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and

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from 1991 to 1994. Haley was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacology at

from 1994 to 1999 and then at the University of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2007. Between 2006 and 2021, Haley was the Scientific Coordinator for Edinburgh Neuroscience at University of Edinburgh. It was for work in this role that she was made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2019. In 2021 she moved to her current role as Director of Research at the motor neuron disease charit
MND Scotland
Haley has held a number of other roles, including as local group representative for the

British Neuroscience Association The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is a scientific society with around 2,500 members. Starting out as an informal gathering of scientists meeting at the Black Horse Public House in London to discuss brain-related topics (the 'London Black ...

(BNA) from 2009 until 2021 and as a member of the ASCUS Lab Advisory Board. Haley has also held the role of Communication Committee Member for the

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(FENS) from 2016 to 2018. She was also a member of the

Society for Neuroscience The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is a professional society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., for basic scientists and physicians around the world whose research is focused on the study of the brain and nervous system. It is especially well k ...

Neuroscience Training Committee from 2019 until 2022.

Honours and awards

In 2012, Haley was awarded the Principal's Medal for Outstanding Service by the Principal at the University of Edinburgh. In 2013, Haley was awarded the Award for Public Understanding of Neuroscience by the British Neuroscience Association (BNA). She was presented with this award at the BNA Christmas Symposium in London in December 2013. In 2019, Haley was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List to receive a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). She was presented with the MBE at

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in January 2020 by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.

References

External links

Jane Haley's Research
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