BNA Council

The Council of the British Neuroscience Association is composed of up to nine members, including the Trustees, with the option to have one co-opted member. BNA Council will meet at least six times per year and is charged with defining and managing the strategic plan, setting policy and making operational decisions on behalf of the membership. Members of the current BNA Council are shown below.

The President of the BNA is Professor Russell Foster, University of Oxford,(2013-2015). The President-Elect is Professor John Aggleton, Cardiff University, and will take over as President (2015-2017).

April 2013: Elaine Snell has been appointed the Chief Executive of the British Neuroscience Association. Formerly the Chief Operating Officer, she has taken over from Dr Ian Varndell (Acting Chief Executive). “The Festival of Neuroscience and the Neuroscience Summit mark a turning point for the BNA. We need to develop the Association and its activities so that we can effectively support UK neuroscience nationally and internationally,” says Elaine.

Elaine has served on the Committee and Council of the BNA and has worked alongside it for many years. She has run her own science communications consultancy, Snell Communications, since 1996 and her clients have included FENS, IBRO, the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, the Wellcome Trust and many others. More recently she worked part-time at Imperial College London.

"Ian is a tough act to follow – he has done a terrific job running the BNA. I look forward to working with the BNA and its members. These are exciting times for neuroscientists!”

President [2013-2015]

Member of Council and National Committee

Professor Russell Foster PhD FRS
University of Oxford
Email: russell.foster@eye.ox.ac.uk

President-Elect [2013-2015]

Member of Council and National Committee

Professor John Aggleton FRS, BA MA Cantab, DPhil Oxon
Cardiff University
Email: Aggleton@cardiff.ac.uk

Immediate Past President [2013-2015]

Trustee, Member of Council and National Committee

Professor David Nutt DM FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci
Imperial College London
Email: d.nutt@imperial.ac.uk

Secretary [2011-2013]

Trustee, Member of Council and National Committee

Professor Bruno Frenguelli PhD
University of Warwick
Email: b.g.frenguelli@warwick.ac.uk

Treasurer [2009-2013]

Trustee, Member of Council and National Committee

Dr Duncan Banks PhD
Open University
Email: duncan.banks@open.ac.uk

Meetings Secretary [2011-2013]

Member of Council and National Committee

Dr Narender Ramnani PhD
Royal Holloway, University of London
Email: n.ramnani@rhul.ac.uk

Local Groups Co-ordinator [2011-2013]

Member of Council and National Committee

Dr Trevor Bushell PhD
University of Strathclyde
Email: trevor.bushell@strath.ac.uk

Member of Council [2011 - 2015]

Professor Dimitri Kullmann FRCP FMedSci
University College London
Email: d.kullmann@ucl.ac.uk

Member of Council [2012-2016]

Professor Irene Tracey DPhil
University of Oxford
Email: irene.tracey@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

Chief Executive Officer [from 1 April 2013]

Member of Council (Administrative)

Ms Elaine Snell
BNA
Email: elaine.snell@bna.org.uk

Elaine

National Committee

The BNA Council is advised and supported by a national committee who, between them, have research interests spanning the breadth and depth of UK neuroscience and are affiliated with Academic Institutes and Industrial centres geographically extending across the UK. Appointment to a Committee post is for four years (co-opted members serve for two years). Council members also sit on the National Committee.

Committee meetings to discuss topics of concern and interest to the membership are held at least twice each year, or as often as needed. If you would like to raise an item for Committee meeting discussion please contact the BNA Office directly or contact one of the Committee members listed below. Applications for BNA funding of local neuroscience events are reviewed at these meetings.