PPI 2015 Unit IV

Dr Jane Haley is the scientific coordinator for Edinburgh Neuroscience. She has a background in neuroscience research and spent 20 years as an electrophysiologist, mainly working on the mechanisms underlying neuronal hyper-excitability and plasticity but also, towards the end, on neuro-protective mechanisms. In 2006 Jane moved away from hands-on research to develop the newly-formed Edinburgh Neuroscience, an organisation created to improve communication and collaboration. Over the last 9 years she has helped to create a large community of collegiate, collaborative and interdisciplinary neuroscience-related researchers from across all areas of the University of Edinburgh. This has been achieved through: the establishment of a communication hub, organisation of events designed to bring people together, coordination of a series of large strategic multidisciplinary grant applications, management of a variety of international partnerships, and the creation of an extensive public engagement programme. She has extensive experience of a wide variety of engagement activities and works with researchers to create new and interesting ways to convey neuroscience research to the public.