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Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield

January 01, 1970

Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE, FRCP[4] (born 1 October 1950) is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords (since 2001). Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. She is also interested in the neuroscience of consciousness[5] and the impact of technology on the brain.[6]

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Greenfield
CBE, FRCP
Born
Susan Adele Greenfield

(1950-10-01) 1 October 1950 (age 73)
Chiswick, London, England[2]
Alma materSt Hilda's College, Oxford
Spouse
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(m. 1991; div. 2005)​
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AwardsCBE, Knight of the Legion of Honour
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisOrigins of acetylcholinesterase in cerebrospinal fluid (1977)
Doctoral advisorAnthony David Smith[1]
Susan Greenfield's voice
Recorded February 2011 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Four Thought
Websitewww.susangreenfield.com

Greenfield is a senior research fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford;[7] she was a professor of Synaptic Pharmacology.[citation needed]

Greenfield was chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh between 2005 and 2013.[8] From 1998 to 2010, she was director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.[9] In September 2013, she co-founded the biotech company Neuro-bio Ltd, where she is chief executive officer.

Education edit

Greenfield's mother, Doris (née Thorp), was a dancer and a Christian, and her father, Reginald Myer Greenfield, was an electrician who was the son of a first-generation Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant from Austria; her grandmothers never spoke and she said of them, "the prejudice was equally vociferous on both sides".[10][11]

She attended the Godolphin and Latymer School, where she took A levels in Latin, Greek and ancient history, and maths. The first member of her immediate family to go to university, she was initially admitted to St Hilda's College to read Philosophy and Psychology, but changed course and graduated with a first-class degree in experimental psychology.[11][12] As a Senior Scholar at St Hugh's College, Oxford,[13] she completed her DPhil degree in 1977 under the supervision of Anthony David Smith on the Origins of acetylcholinesterase in cerebrospinal fluid.[1]

She then held a junior research fellowship at Green College, Oxford between 1981 and 1984.[14]

Career edit

 
Greenfield at Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament; 2013

Greenfield's research is focused on brain physiology, particularly on the brain mechanisms of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. She is also known for her role in popularising science. Greenfield has written several books about the brain, regularly gives public lectures, and appears on radio and television.[15]

Since 1976, Greenfield has published approximately 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including studies on brain mechanisms involved in addiction and reward,[16][17][18][19][20] relating to dopamine systems and other neurochemicals.[21][22] She investigated the brain mechanisms underlying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[22][23] as well as the impact of environmental enrichment.[24]

In 1994, she was the first woman to give the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, then sponsored by the BBC. Her lectures were titled "Journey to the centre of the brain".[25] She was appointed Director of the Royal Institution in 1998.[26] The post was abolished in 2010.[27] The Royal Institution had found itself in a financial crisis following a £22m development programme led by Greenfield and the Board. The project ended £3 million in debt.[28][29] Greenfield subsequently announced that she would be taking her employers to an employment tribunal and her claim would include discrimination.[30] The case was settled out of court.[31]

Greenfield's two main positions at Oxford were Tutorial Fellow in Medicine at Lincoln College Oxford,[7] and Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology.[citation needed] Between 1995 and 1999, she gave public lectures as Gresham Professor of Physic in London. Greenfield was Adelaide's Thinker in Residence for 2004 and 2005.[32]

As a result of her recommendations,[citation needed] South Australian Premier Mike Rann made a major funding commitment, backed by the State and Federal Governments and the private sector, to establish the Royal Institution of Australia and the Australian Science Media Centre in Adelaide.[33]

She has explored the relevance of neuroscience knowledge to education[34] and has used the phrase "mind change",[35] an umbrella term comparable to "climate change", encompassing diverse issues involved in the impact of the 21st-century environment on the brain.[36]

In 2013 she co-founded the biotech company Neuro-Bio Ltd which develops diagnostic tests and therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease. The company has found that the C terminus of acetylcholinesterase can be cleaved and that the resulting peptide can kill neurons; the company has also found that a cyclic peptide analogue could prevent that neuronal death.[37] The company raised around $4 million in 2017.[38]

Politics edit

 
Greenfield in 2013

Greenfield sits in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the House of Lords as a crossbencher, having no formal political affiliation.[39] Records of Greenfield's activity in the House of Lords indicate abstention on a range of issues.[40] She has spoken on a variety of topics,[41] including education, drugs, and economic empowerment for women.[42]

Books edit

In 2013, Greenfield published a dystopian science-fiction novel, 2121: A Tale from the Next Century, telling the story of videogame-playing hedonists and their conflict with "Neo-Puritans".[43]

In 2014, Greenfield published a popular science book called Mind Change: How Digital Technologies are Leaving their Mark on our Brains, describing her ideas about the impact of digital technology.[44]

Impact of digital technology controversy edit

Greenfield has expressed concerns that internet usage may modify the brain structures of youngsters.[45][46]

She has had controversy surrounding her opinions on the relationship between technology-use and Autism Spectrum Disorder. She originally linked the increase in Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis to increased screen-time in a 2011 New Scientist article,[47]. She defended this claim in 2014, in an interview with Stephen Sackur, on the BBC show HARDTalk, in which she claims to have collated 500 articles "in support of the possible problematic effects" of technology-use. [48]

She noted that Public Health England had related social networking and multiplayer online games to "lower levels of wellbeing", and believed that evidence pointed to a "dose response" relationship, "where each additional hour of viewing increases the likelihood of experiencing socio-emotional problems".[49] She believed this raised questions about where to draw the boundaries between beneficial and harmful use of such technology, saying that "it would be surprising if many hours per day of screen activity did not influence this neuroplasticity".[50]

Honours edit

As of 2016, Greenfield has 32 honorary degrees;[51] has received awards including the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Prize. She has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians[52] and the London Science Museum.[53]

In 2006 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association[54] and was the Honorary Australian of the Year.[55]

In January 2000, Greenfield received a CBE[56] for her contribution to the public understanding of science.[4] Later that year, she was named Woman of the Year[57] by The Observer. In 2001, she became a Life Peer under the House of Lords Appointments Commission system,[58] as Baroness Greenfield, of Ot Moor, Oxfordshire.[4][59] Like the other people's peers she was self-nominated.[58]

In 2003, she was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Government.[52] In 2010 she was awarded the Australian Society for Medical Research Medal.[60] She received the British Inspiration award for Science and Technology in 2010.[61]

Patronage edit

She is a patron of Alzheimer's Research UK[62] and of Dignity in Dying.[63] She is a founder and trustee of the charity Science for Humanity, a network of scientists, researchers and technologists that collaborates with not-for-profit organisations to create practical solutions to the everyday problems of developing communities.[64]

Personal life edit

Greenfield was married to the University of Oxford professor Peter Atkins from 1991 until their divorce in 2005.[3]

Bibliography edit

  • Greenfield, Susan (1995). Journey to the Centers of the Mind: Toward a Science of Consciousness. San Francisco, California: W.H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-2723-4.
  • Greenfield, Susan (1997). The Human Brain: A Guided Tour (Science Masters Series). New York: Basic Books. pp. 160 pages. ISBN 0-465-00726-0.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2002). The Private Life of the Brain (Penguin Press Science). London, UK: Penguin Books Ltd. pp. 272 pages. ISBN 0-14-100720-6.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2003). Tomorrow's People: How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way we Think and Feel. London, UK: Allen Lane. pp. 304 pages. ISBN 0-7139-9631-5.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2006). Inside the Body. London, UK: Cassell Illustrated. pp. 288 pages. ISBN 1-84403-500-X.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2008). ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century. London, UK: Sceptre. pp. 320 pages. ISBN 978-0-340-93600-9.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2011). You and Me: The Neuroscience of Identity. London, UK: Notting Hill Editions. ISBN 978-1907903342.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2013). 2121: A Tale from the Next Century. London, UK: Head of Zeus.
  • Greenfield, Susan (2014). Mind Change: How 21st Century Technology is leaving its mark on the brain. London, UK: Random House.
  • Greenfield, Susan. A Day in the Life of the Brain: The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn till Dusk.

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Further reading edit

  • Screen culture may be changing our brains Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The 7.30 Report, 19 March 2009.
  • 'Stumbling into a Powerful Technology' (Address to the House of Lords), 20 April 2006.

External links edit

 
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January 01, 1970
susan, greenfield, baroness, greenfield, susan, adele, greenfield, baroness, greenfield, frcp, born, october, 1950, english, scientist, writer, broadcaster, member, house, lords, since, 2001, research, focused, treatment, parkinson, disease, alzheimer, disease. Susan Adele Greenfield Baroness Greenfield CBE FRCP 4 born 1 October 1950 is an English scientist writer broadcaster and member of the House of Lords since 2001 Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson s disease and Alzheimer s disease She is also interested in the neuroscience of consciousness 5 and the impact of technology on the brain 6 The Right HonourableThe Baroness GreenfieldCBE FRCPBornSusan Adele Greenfield 1950 10 01 1 October 1950 age 73 Chiswick London England 2 Alma materSt Hilda s College OxfordSpousePeter Atkins m 1991 div 2005 wbr 3 AwardsCBE Knight of the Legion of HonourScientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of Oxford Royal Institution of Great Britain Heriot Watt University Lincoln College Oxford House of LordsThesisOrigins of acetylcholinesterase in cerebrospinal fluid 1977 Doctoral advisorAnthony David Smith 1 Susan Greenfield s voice source source source Recorded February 2011 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Four ThoughtWebsitewww wbr susangreenfield wbr com Greenfield is a senior research fellow at Lincoln College Oxford 7 she was a professor of Synaptic Pharmacology citation needed Greenfield was chancellor of Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh between 2005 and 2013 8 From 1998 to 2010 she was director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 9 In September 2013 she co founded the biotech company Neuro bio Ltd where she is chief executive officer Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Politics 4 Books 5 Impact of digital technology controversy 6 Honours 7 Patronage 8 Personal life 9 Bibliography 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksEducation editGreenfield s mother Doris nee Thorp was a dancer and a Christian and her father Reginald Myer Greenfield was an electrician who was the son of a first generation Yiddish speaking Jewish immigrant from Austria her grandmothers never spoke and she said of them the prejudice was equally vociferous on both sides 10 11 She attended the Godolphin and Latymer School where she took A levels in Latin Greek and ancient history and maths The first member of her immediate family to go to university she was initially admitted to St Hilda s College to read Philosophy and Psychology but changed course and graduated with a first class degree in experimental psychology 11 12 As a Senior Scholar at St Hugh s College Oxford 13 she completed her DPhil degree in 1977 under the supervision of Anthony David Smith on the Origins of acetylcholinesterase in cerebrospinal fluid 1 She then held a junior research fellowship at Green College Oxford between 1981 and 1984 14 Career edit nbsp Greenfield at Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament 2013 Greenfield s research is focused on brain physiology particularly on the brain mechanisms of Parkinson s and Alzheimer s diseases She is also known for her role in popularising science Greenfield has written several books about the brain regularly gives public lectures and appears on radio and television 15 Since 1976 Greenfield has published approximately 200 papers in peer reviewed journals including studies on brain mechanisms involved in addiction and reward 16 17 18 19 20 relating to dopamine systems and other neurochemicals 21 22 She investigated the brain mechanisms underlying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD 22 23 as well as the impact of environmental enrichment 24 In 1994 she was the first woman to give the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures then sponsored by the BBC Her lectures were titled Journey to the centre of the brain 25 She was appointed Director of the Royal Institution in 1998 26 The post was abolished in 2010 27 The Royal Institution had found itself in a financial crisis following a 22m development programme led by Greenfield and the Board The project ended 3 million in debt 28 29 Greenfield subsequently announced that she would be taking her employers to an employment tribunal and her claim would include discrimination 30 The case was settled out of court 31 Greenfield s two main positions at Oxford were Tutorial Fellow in Medicine at Lincoln College Oxford 7 and Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology citation needed Between 1995 and 1999 she gave public lectures as Gresham Professor of Physic in London Greenfield was Adelaide s Thinker in Residence for 2004 and 2005 32 As a result of her recommendations citation needed South Australian Premier Mike Rann made a major funding commitment backed by the State and Federal Governments and the private sector to establish the Royal Institution of Australia and the Australian Science Media Centre in Adelaide 33 She has explored the relevance of neuroscience knowledge to education 34 and has used the phrase mind change 35 an umbrella term comparable to climate change encompassing diverse issues involved in the impact of the 21st century environment on the brain 36 In 2013 she co founded the biotech company Neuro Bio Ltd which develops diagnostic tests and therapeutics for Alzheimer s disease The company has found that the C terminus of acetylcholinesterase can be cleaved and that the resulting peptide can kill neurons the company has also found that a cyclic peptide analogue could prevent that neuronal death 37 The company raised around 4 million in 2017 38 Politics edit nbsp Greenfield in 2013 Greenfield sits in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the House of Lords as a crossbencher having no formal political affiliation 39 Records of Greenfield s activity in the House of Lords indicate abstention on a range of issues 40 She has spoken on a variety of topics 41 including education drugs and economic empowerment for women 42 Books editIn 2013 Greenfield published a dystopian science fiction novel 2121 A Tale from the Next Century telling the story of videogame playing hedonists and their conflict with Neo Puritans 43 In 2014 Greenfield published a popular science book called Mind Change How Digital Technologies are Leaving their Mark on our Brains describing her ideas about the impact of digital technology 44 Impact of digital technology controversy editGreenfield has expressed concerns that internet usage may modify the brain structures of youngsters 45 46 She has had controversy surrounding her opinions on the relationship between technology use and Autism Spectrum Disorder She originally linked the increase in Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis to increased screen time in a 2011 New Scientist article 47 She defended this claim in 2014 in an interview with Stephen Sackur on the BBC show HARDTalk in which she claims to have collated 500 articles in support of the possible problematic effects of technology use 48 She noted that Public Health England had related social networking and multiplayer online games to lower levels of wellbeing and believed that evidence pointed to a dose response relationship where each additional hour of viewing increases the likelihood of experiencing socio emotional problems 49 She believed this raised questions about where to draw the boundaries between beneficial and harmful use of such technology saying that it would be surprising if many hours per day of screen activity did not influence this neuroplasticity 50 Honours editAs of 2016 Greenfield has 32 honorary degrees 51 has received awards including the Royal Society s Michael Faraday Prize She has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians 52 and the London Science Museum 53 In 2006 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association 54 and was the Honorary Australian of the Year 55 In January 2000 Greenfield received a CBE 56 for her contribution to the public understanding of science 4 Later that year she was named Woman of the Year 57 by The Observer In 2001 she became a Life Peer under the House of Lords Appointments Commission system 58 as Baroness Greenfield of Ot Moor Oxfordshire 4 59 Like the other people s peers she was self nominated 58 In 2003 she was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Government 52 In 2010 she was awarded the Australian Society for Medical Research Medal 60 She received the British Inspiration award for Science and Technology in 2010 61 Patronage editShe is a patron of Alzheimer s Research UK 62 and of Dignity in Dying 63 She is a founder and trustee of the charity Science for Humanity a network of scientists researchers and technologists that collaborates with not for profit organisations to create practical solutions to the everyday problems of developing communities 64 Personal life editGreenfield was married to the University of Oxford professor Peter Atkins from 1991 until their divorce in 2005 3 Bibliography editGreenfield Susan 1995 Journey to the Centers of the Mind Toward a Science of Consciousness San Francisco California W H Freeman ISBN 0 7167 2723 4 Greenfield Susan 1997 The Human Brain A Guided Tour Science Masters Series New York Basic Books pp 160 pages ISBN 0 465 00726 0 Greenfield Susan 2002 The Private Life of the Brain Penguin Press Science London UK Penguin Books Ltd pp 272 pages ISBN 0 14 100720 6 Greenfield Susan 2003 Tomorrow s People How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way we Think and Feel London UK Allen Lane pp 304 pages ISBN 0 7139 9631 5 Greenfield Susan 2006 Inside the Body London UK Cassell Illustrated pp 288 pages ISBN 1 84403 500 X Greenfield Susan 2008 ID The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century London UK Sceptre pp 320 pages ISBN 978 0 340 93600 9 Greenfield Susan 2011 You and Me The Neuroscience of Identity London UK Notting Hill Editions ISBN 978 1907903342 Greenfield Susan 2013 2121 A Tale from the Next Century London UK Head of Zeus Greenfield Susan 2014 Mind Change How 21st Century Technology is leaving its mark on the brain London UK Random House Greenfield Susan A Day in the Life of the Brain The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn till Dusk References edit a b Greenfield Susan 1977 Origins of acetylcholinesterase in cerebrospinal fluid DPhil thesis University of Oxford Bell Matthew 29 June 2013 Susan Greenfield After the science the fiction The Independent Retrieved 22 June 2022 a b Moreton Cole 11 May 2008 Susan Greenfield The girl with all the brains The Independent on Sunday London UK Archived from the original on 25 May 2022 Retrieved 16 April 2016 a b c House of Lords 2001 Minutes and Order Paper Minutes of Proceedings UK Parliament House of Lords Retrieved 27 October 2007 Private Life of the Brain 2000 susangreenfield com accessed 5 April 2016 Screen Technologies susangreenfield com Retrieved 17 September 2015 a b University of Oxford gt Department of Pharmacology gt Baroness Susan Greenfield Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 12 June 2015 Ford Liz 31 January 2006 Greenfield to be made Heriot Watt chancellor The Guardian Retrieved 5 April 2016 The Times 9 January 2010 Baroness Greenfield loses her job in Royal Institution shake up The Times London UK Retrieved 9 January 2010 Franks Lynne 24 November 2011 Interview Susan Greenfield The Jewish Chonicle a b Radford Tim 30 April 2004 The Guardian profile Susan Greenfield The Guardian London UK Retrieved 26 August 2011 Bell Matthew 30 June 2013 Susan Greenfield After the science the fiction The Independent on Sunday Archived from the original on 25 May 2022 British Council on Science 2007 Baroness Greenfield British Council on Science Archived from the original on 28 August 2007 Retrieved 27 October 2007 Radford Tim 30 April 2004 The Guardian profile Susan Greenfield The Guardian Retrieved 17 September 2015 Susan Greenfield Baroness Greenfield at IMDb Cragg S J Hille C J Greenfield S A 2002 Functional domains in dorsal striatum of the nonhuman primate are defined by the dynamic behavior of dopamine The Journal of Neuroscience 22 13 5705 12 doi 10 1523 JNEUROSCI 22 13 05705 2002 PMC 6758186 PMID 12097522 Cragg S J Hille C J Greenfield S A 2000 Dopamine release and uptake dynamics within nonhuman primate striatum in vitro The Journal of Neuroscience 20 21 8209 17 doi 10 1523 JNEUROSCI 20 21 08209 2000 PMC 6772736 PMID 11050144 Cragg S J Clarke D J Greenfield S A 2000 Real Time Dynamics of Dopamine Released from Neuronal Transplants in Experimental Parkinson s Disease Experimental Neurology 164 1 145 53 doi 10 1006 exnr 2000 7420 PMID 10877925 S2CID 20654732 Cragg S J Holmes C Hawkey C R Greenfield S A 1998 Dopamine is released spontaneously from developing midbrain neurons in organotypic culture Neuroscience 84 2 325 30 doi 10 1016 s0306 4522 97 00657 x PMID 9539208 S2CID 25909469 Dickie B G Holmes C Greenfield S A 1996 Neurotoxic and neurotrophic effects of chronic N methyl D aspartate exposure upon mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons in organotypic culture Neuroscience 72 3 731 41 doi 10 1016 0306 4522 95 00611 7 PMID 9157319 S2CID 23225163 Threlfell S Greenfield S A Cragg S J 2010 5 HT1B receptor regulation of serotonin 5 HT release by endogenous 5 HT in the substantia nigra Neuroscience 165 1 212 20 doi 10 1016 j neuroscience 2009 10 005 PMID 19819310 S2CID 25730390 a b Threlfell S Exley R Cragg S J Greenfield S A 2008 Constitutive histamine H2receptor activity regulates serotonin release in the substantia nigra Journal of Neurochemistry 107 3 745 55 doi 10 1111 j 1471 4159 2008 05646 x PMID 18761715 S2CID 39736774 Dommett E J Henderson E L Westwell M S Greenfield S A 2008 Methylphenidate amplifies long term plasticity in the hippocampus via noradrenergic mechanisms Learning amp Memory 15 8 580 86 doi 10 1101 Lm 1092608 PMID 18685149 Devonshire I M Dommett E J Grandy T H Halliday A C Greenfield S A 2010 Environmental enrichment differentially modifies specific components of sensory evoked activity in rat barrel cortex as revealed by simultaneous electrophysiological recordings and optical imaging in vivo Neuroscience 170 2 662 69 doi 10 1016 j neuroscience 2010 07 029 PMID 20654700 S2CID 23618724 RI List of Lecturers PDF RI Archived from the original PDF on 17 June 2010 Retrieved 9 January 2010 Profile Archived 21 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