Jane Hayley

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Jane Haley
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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

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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]

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