Eleanor Riley

Eleanor Riley FRSE is a British immunologist, professor of immunology and infectious disease at the University of Edinburgh and former director of the Roslin Institute.[1][2] Her research focuses on understanding immune responses to malaria and other diseases using human data and mouse models.

Education

Riley received her BSc degree in cell biology in 1978 and her BVSc in 1980 from the University of Bristol, before reading for a postgraduate diploma in veterinary disease from Cornell University.[1][2] She received her PhD in 1985 from the University of Liverpool for research on Echinococcus granulosus infection in mice.[3]

Career

After her PhD, Riley worked for five years at the MRC Unit The Gambia.[4] Riley then joined the University of Edinburgh as a Wellcome Trust research fellow in 1990, before moving to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 1998 as a professor of infectious disease and immunology.[5][4] She was promoted in 2001 to head of the Department of Immunology and Infection at LSHTM, a post she held until 2013.[1][2][6] She was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014.[7][8] Riley was appointed director of the Roslin Institute in September 2017,[2][9][5][10] one month before the institute was awarded a Gold Athena SWAN award for outstanding commitments to gender equality in the workplace.[11]

Riley was invited to give the 2018 International Day of Women and Girls in Science Lecture at the University of St Andrews.[12] In 2019, Riley became the first woman to be awarded the Ronald Ross Medal by LSHTM, stating that:

Professor Riley is a world leader in malaria immunology, with a unique background in basic sciences, veterinary medicine, human infectious diseases and global health, and has made major contributions to strengthening research capacity in Africa

— [13][14]

In February 2020, Riley resigned from her post as director of the Roslin Institute following alleged bullying by senior members of the college.[15] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021.[16]

References
  1. "Eleanor Riley". International Veterinary Vaccinology Network. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. "New Director starts at The Roslin Institute". Roslin Institute. University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. Riley, E. M. (1985). The immunology of experimental Echinoccus granulosus infection in mice (Ph.D. thesis). University of Liverpool.
  4. Stephen, Phyllis (16 February 2017). "The Roslin Institute appoints new head". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. Connaughton, Elizabeth (2 March 2017). "Professor Eleanor Riley has been appointed the new Director of the Roslin Institute". The Student. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. "15 February 2017 - Professor Eleanor Riley appointed to lead The Roslin Institute". bbsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. "Professor Eleanor Riley | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. "Leading medical expert recognised for excellence in research". LSHTM News. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. Devlin, Hannah (17 March 2018). "Scientists on brink of overcoming livestock diseases through gene editing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. "Eleanor Riley named director at institute responsible for Dolly the sheep". The National. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  11. "The Roslin Institute receives Athena SWAN Gold award". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  12. tmg (21 January 2018). "2018 International Day of Women and Girls in Science public lecture". Equality and diversity. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  13. "Ronald Ross Medal". LSHTM. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  14. "Roslin Director is awarded the Ronald Ross medal". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  15. Macaskill, Mark. "'Marginalised' Roslin director quits post". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  16. Stephen, Phyllis (29 March 2021). "New 2021 fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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