Difference between revisions of "Baroness Susan Greenfield"
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Greenfield is Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford, and Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. In she was installed as Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. | Greenfield is Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford, and Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. In she was installed as Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. | ||
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| + | Greenfield's academic research is focused on brain physiology, particularly Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. | ||
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| + | However, she is best known as a populariser of science, having written several books about the brain and consciousness, and regularly giving public lectures and appearing on radio and television. In 1994 she was the first woman to give the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, which she titled "The Brain". | ||
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| + | Greenfield created three research and biotechnology companies: Synaptica, BrainBoost, and Neurodiagnostics, which research neuronal diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. | ||
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| + | Greenfield has expressed concerns that modern technology, and in particular social networking sites, may have a negative impact on child development. | ||
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