Jane Haley

Jane E. Haley is a British 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 University of Edinburgh. 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 BSc (Hons) at University College London (UCL). She graduated in 1987 at the Royal Albert Hall, where Princess Anne presided over the graduation ceremony. She held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University from 1991 to 1994. Haley was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacology at University College London from 1994 to 1999

Haley has held a number of other roles, including as local group representative for the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) from 2009 until 2021

Haley has also held the role of Communication Committee Member for the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) from 2016 to 2018. 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 Buckingham Palace in January 2020 by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.