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Dr Jane Haley
Name:
Dr Jane Haley
Job title:
Director of Research
Place of work / study:
MND Scotland
Area of Research:
I develop and deliver the MND Scotland research strategy and oversee our portfolio of grant funding. Our vision is for a world without MND, so we fund research that is either aimed at finding meaningful treatments (because, currently there is only one and it only extends life by 2-3 months) or improving quality of life for those currently living with this devastating condition.
Tell us a little about yourself:
I’m quite a quiet, private person so there isn’t much to say really! Outside work, I am a Girlguide leader and also Treasurer and Trustee for Girlguiding Midlothian.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I established an Art-science group called FUSION, which is still running more than a decade later. And I manage the Cajal Embroidery Project, which is a global art-science project launched in February 2020 and involved about 70 people from across the world. We were all creating embroideries of Cajal images during the pandemic – 81 in total!
What single piece of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Talk to people and willingly collaborate. You won’t regret it.
What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
‘The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios’ by Yann Martel. A collection of short stories that are beautiful, fascinating, and devastating.
