Dr Anne Leaver

Dr Anne Leaver

Name:

Dr Anne Leaver FBPhS

Organisation:

The University of Edinburgh

Year elected:

2012

Primary professional setting:

Contributions to BPS, scientific meetings, policy:Founder & co-ordinator UK Phagocyte Discussion Group. BPS meetings committees, advising on oncology, lipid mediators, human physiology, blood transfusion. Women in Pharmacology group, BPS ambassador. Symposium organizer, BPS 2009 (Cell Death Signalling), 2012 (Emerging Targets in Oncology), joint BNA meeting 2013. mentor, BPS Women in Science Scheme, Medical Faculty rep. Guest Editor Mol Neurobiol 2010 (Current Questions in Cell Death Signalling). Member/participant meetings of Biochem. Soc, Br Neuro-Oncology Soc, meeting, symposium organization Scottish Immunol, Lipid Discussion Groups, ISPO (Geneva), Eur Soc Clin Investigation.PhD MRC Steroid Metabolism, Edinburgh University (EU). Postdoc, MRC Wellcome Prostaglandin group, Pharmacology Department, EU; lecturer, supervising research project on arachidonic acid metabolism and eicosanoids. Clinical Scientist & Principal Investigator, cell biology/signalling in human pathogenesis, collaborating with Cardiothoracic and Intensive Care Units, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Hon fellow Pharmacology/Clin Neurosciences.