S Clare Stanford

Professor (Emerita) of Translational Neuropharmacology , University College London

I graduated in physiology at UCL, where I am now Professor (Emerita) of Translational Neuropharmacology. I studied for a DPhil in the Department of Physiology, Oxford, and was later awarded a (University of Oxford) Mary Goodger Scholarship to continue my postdoctoral Research. This was followed by a non-tenured faculty position, as a Departmental Demonstrator, during which time I became the first woman Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford. I then returned to UCL to continue my research of the neurobiology of mood and behaviour, including cognitive performance.

Other positions I hold are an Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society and Honorary Fellowship of Exeter College, Oxford and an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA). I am also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Biology and a Past President of both LASA and the British Association for Psychopharmacology.

I retired in 2016 and no longer carry out lab-based research. Nevertheless, I continue to be fully active in the science community, particularly in the context of education, scientific integrity & reproducibility, and science policy.

Examples of these activities include:
• Publication of 25 peer-reviewed articles since 2016, with others in press or in preparation.
• Contributions (pro bono) to the lectures given to final year BSc and Master’s courses in Psychopharmacology at UCL, Kings College, University of London and Queen Mary, University of London
• Contributions to activities assigned to the Animals in Science Committee (A(SP)A), including the drafting of advisory documents, commissioned by the Home Office Minister with responsibility for regulation of the use of animals in science.
• Contributions to the teaching resources developed by the British Pharmacological Society to support their undergraduate curriculum (since 2019-)
• Member of the UCL Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) and also the founder and inaugural Chair of the London AWERB Hub

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