Neurobiologist, Professor of Physiology, Oxford University
Susan Greenfield was both an undergraduate
and graduate at Oxford, and has spent time in postdoctoral
research at the College de France, Paris, with Professor
J Glowinski and at the New York University Medical
Centre, New York, with Professor R Llinas. As a consequence
of working in both biochemical and electrophysiological
environments she has developed a multidisciplinary
approach to exploring novel neuronal mechanisms in
the brain that are common to regions affected in both
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
The basic theme of her research is to develop strategies to arrest neuronal death
in these disorders. She is also co-founder of a university spin-out company specialising
in novel approaches to neurodegeneration, - Synaptica Ltd . In addition, Professor
Greenfield has a supplementary interest in the neuroscientific basis of consciousness,
and accordingly has written 'Journey to the Centres of the Mind: Toward a Science
of Consciousness' (1995) W H Freeman & Co, and 'Private Life of the Brain'
(2000) Penguin. She has also written 'The Human Brain': A Guided Tour (1997)
Orion-Phoenix Press, which ranked in the best seller list for hard and paperbacks. She
held the Gresham Chair of Physic from 1996-1999, and has received 18 honorary
degrees. In 1998 she was awarded the Michael Faraday medal by the Royal
Society and in 1999 was elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College
of Physicians. She is also involved in science policy and has given a consultative
seminar to the Prime Minister on the future of science in the UK. She was awarded
the CBE in the Millennium New Year’s Honour’s List and Life Peerage
(non-political) in 2001. |
