Eva Malone
Eva Malone

Dr Eva Malone BSc (Hons) MSc PhD SFHEA MRSB

Associate Professor

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  E.Malone@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Eva Malone BSc (Hons) MSc SFHEA MRSB


Eva is the programme leader for a suite of Royal Society of Biology (RSB) accredited biology undergraduate programmes at Edinburgh Napier University. As an Immunologist in the team, she leads the third year Immunology module BMS09100 and the sister module Applied Immunology BMS09609 on the BSc in Biological Sciences delivered through HKU-SPACE at Hong Kong University. She was awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2017 in recognition of her expertise, commitment to teaching, her influence on colleagues and her contribution to the student experience at Edinburgh Napier. In 2017, the Royal Society Biology Scotland selected Eva to represent Scottish Biology teachers in an RSB national initiative to promote careers in Biology. She was promoted on the Learning and Teaching Pathway in 2019.

Eva investigates the ability of nanomaterials to induce inflammation and works to develop reliable in vitro models for the assessment of nanomaterial induced effects in vivo. She was responsible for leading the Centre for Nano Safety in her Acting Director role (2013-2014) and as Associate Director (2014-2017). Related to this she secured EU H2020 funding (BIORIMA, grant agreement No 760928; 2017-2021) in collaboration with Prof Gary Hutchison. The aim of BIORIMA is it to develop reliable methodologies for better risk management of engineered biomaterials in Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and/or Medical Devices. Eva has also successfully supervised postgraduate research students in the area of Nanotoxicology and in Exercise Immunology with Prof Geraint Florida-James.

Eva was scientific lead, and Co-PI, in the HPV Immunity Community project (2021) supporting the Irish Cancer Society in raising awareness on HPV vaccination, funded by the Irish Research Council in collaboration with Maynooth University.


Career History:

Eva graduated from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in 1999 with an honours Biology degree and from Dublin City University in 2000 with an MSc in Biological Sciences. In 2001, she took up a post at the Institute for Immunological and Infection Research at Edinburgh University as a Graduate Research Associate in Immunoparasitology investigating the immune responses to filarial parasites using Litomoisodes sigmodontis. She left Edinburgh University to study a PhD at Edinburgh Napier University investigating immune responses, including neutrophil responses, to the hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Eva graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2006 and took up an academic appointment at the university as a Lecturer in Immunology in 2006. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • STEM for Britain Judge, a major scientific poster competition and exhibition organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee
  • Nominated member of the Royal Society of Biology Scotland
  • Centre for Nano Safety Advisory Board, Edinburgh Napier University
  • Co-ordinator of the Scottish Toxicology Interest Group

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Programme Committee
  • Advance HE’s Aurora Women’s Leadership Programme, Role Model
  • Co-organised Scottish Toxicology Interest Group meetings across Scotland
  • Joint organiser Faculty Health and Life Science's Postgraduate Conference, Edinburgh, UK

 

External Examining/Validations

  • Major Change of Approval Panel External Subject Specialist for the Biology Undergraduate Programme at University of Northampton
  • External Examiner, Lancaster University, for Human Biosciences at Blackpool and The Flyde College
  • Revalidation External Subject Specialist for the Human BioSciences Foundation Degree in Science and Bachelor of Science with Honours at Blackpool and the Flyde College

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Herald Higher Education Awards, Partnership Award (for project INTER )
  • Most Inspiring Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier Student Association Excellence Award
  • Shortlisted Nominee, Building Effective Partnerships Award, AGCAS (for project INTER)
  • National Teaching Fellow
  • Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

 

Invited Speaker

  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Programme Leadership and Building Effective Teams, Heriot-Watt University, School of Social Science Transformation Project
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Enhancing Leadership for Programme Directors, Heriot-Watt University, Programme Directors Forum
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: How to build Inclusive Reading Lists: ​ A Collaboration Between Subject Librarian, Programme Leader and Students, Association for Learning Technology - Evaluating Learners Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group, Scotland
  • Keynote Speaker: Inclusive and Decolonised Curriculum in the Biological Sciences, Celebrating Equ(al)ity, Diversity & Inclusion, The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University
  • Invited Panel Member: Decolonising the Curriculum, Edinburgh Napier Student Association Debate
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Practically Facilitating Educational Leadership, Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Oxford Brookes University
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Increasing Student Ownership and Engagement in Lab Practical Work by Removing the 'Safety Net', Dry Labs Real Science Special Interest Group
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Crossing National and Disciplinary Boundaries to Learn Through Co-Creation, School of Arts and Design, Nottingham Trent University
  • Keynote Speaker: Less Alone Than You Think: Discovering the Relationships that Enable Resilience in Programme Leadership, QAA Evidence for Enhancement Theme Collaborative Cluster
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Edinburgh Napier Connect Women in STEM Student Champions Event
  • Invited Speaker: Flipped Practicals: Present the Problem and Remove the ‘Safety Net’, The Heads of University Biosciences and Royal Society of Biology, New to Teaching BioSciences in HE Workshop
  • Invited Panel Member: QAA Evidence for Enhancement, Enhancing Programme Leadership, ‘Supporting Programme Leaders to Navigate (and Shape) the Data Landscape'
  • Invited Speaker: Staff Student Liaison Committee – student voice in programme management and enhancement, British Council TRANSFORM - Improving Research Capability in HE
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Making Feedback Work For You: Promoting the Active Use of Feedback by Students, University of Glasgow’s Life Sciences Teaching and Research Seminar Series
  • Conference Presentation: Increase Student Ownership to Build Innovation and Enterprise in the Applied Sciences Classroom, Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier
  • Invited Presenter: Making Life Science Happen – Biology Careers, Launch Event, Royal Society of Biology Scotland
  • Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway? The Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier
  • Invited Speaker: Equate Scotland 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Scottish Parliament
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork
  • NanoImpactNet-QNANO conference – European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials conference, Dublin, Ireland
  • British Society of Parasitology, Spring Meeting

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Elected Member of the Royal Society of Biology
  • Member of the British Society for Immunology

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Midlothian Science Festival - Science Alive
  • Midlothian Science Festival - Dalkeith Science Gala Day
  • Equate Scotland - Career Paths Life Sciences Event
  • Midlothian Science Festival - Mayfield Gala Day
  • Playing Hide and Seek with Fred the Germ, St. Margaret's Primary School, South Queensferry
  • Interconnect - Meet the Professionals Event

 

Reviewing

  • ENroute Moderator, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via ENroute
  • AdvanceHE Reviewer, Teaching Excellence Awards (National Teaching Fellow)
  • Conference paper reviewer: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship
  • Scotland Outreach Champion Award Panel, Royal Society of Biology
  • ENroute Reviewer, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via ENroute
  • Invited to review for Toxicology
  • Invited to review for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Invited to review for Nanotoxicology
  • Subject expert and reviewer (Immunology) for the Collaboartive e-Learning in Life Sciences (CeLLS) project

 

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Silver nanoparticles promote the emergence of heterogeneic human neutrophil sub-populations

Journal Article
Kemp, S., Young, L., Ross, M., Prach, M., Hutchison, G. R., Malone, E., & Fraser, J. A. (2018)
Silver nanoparticles promote the emergence of heterogeneic human neutrophil sub-populations. Scientific Reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25854-2
Neutrophil surveillance is central to nanoparticle clearance. Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) have numerous uses, however conflicting evidence exists as to their impact on neutrop...

Immunological responses to an international mountain bike enduro race

Presentation / Conference
Kirkwood, L., Ingram, L., Cunningham, J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2018, April)
Immunological responses to an international mountain bike enduro race. Poster presented at UK Exercise Immunology Specialist Interest Group Symposium, Loughborough, UK
Kirkwood, L., Ingram, L., Cunningham, J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2018, April). Immunological responses to an international mountain bike enduro race. Poster presente...

Physiological characteristics and performance in elite enduro mountain biking

Journal Article
Kirkwood, L., Ingram, L., Cunningham, J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2017)
Physiological characteristics and performance in elite enduro mountain biking. Journal of Science and Cycling, 6(2), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.28985/171231.jsc.09
Enduro mountain bike racing is composed of several timed predominantly downhill race stages linked by time restricted, non-competitive transition stages. This study aimed to ...

Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men

Journal Article
Ross, M. D., Malone, E. M., Simpson, R., Cranston, I., Ingram, L., Wright, G. P., …Florida-James, G. D. (2018)
Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 314(3), 392-402. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2017
Ageing is associated with a dysfunctional endothelial phenotype, as well as reduced angiogenic capabilities. Exercise exerts beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, p...

Vascular Ageing and Exercise: Focus on Cellular Reparative Processes

Journal Article
Ross, M. D., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2016)
Vascular Ageing and Exercise: Focus on Cellular Reparative Processes. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2016, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3583956
Ageing is associated with an increased risk of developing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The increased risk can be attribu...

Development of in vitro strategies to predict in vivo toxicity of engineered nanoparticles to the male reproductive system.

Presentation / Conference
Malone, E., Ross, B., Rae, M., Bouwmeester, H., Gosens, I., Cassee, F., …Hutchison, G. (2016, September)
Development of in vitro strategies to predict in vivo toxicity of engineered nanoparticles to the male reproductive system. Poster presented at 11th International Particle Toxicology Conference, Singapore
The introduction of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) to new materials and products requires informed risk assessment. The altered physico-chemical properties of ENM mean traditi...

A 10 km time trial running bout acutely increases the number of angiogenic T cells in the peripheral blood compartment of healthy males: Acute exercise mobilizes angiogenic T cells

Journal Article
Ross, M., Tormey, P., Ingram, L., Simpson, R., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2016)
A 10 km time trial running bout acutely increases the number of angiogenic T cells in the peripheral blood compartment of healthy males: Acute exercise mobilizes angiogenic T cells. Experimental Physiology, 101(10), 1253-1264. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep085771
New Findings What is the central question of the study? Are CD31+ angiogenic T (TANG) cells preferentially mobilized in response to acute exercise? What is the main finding an...

Development of mitochondria- and protease-specific prodrugs in the potential treatment of parasitic helminth infections

Presentation / Conference
Oluwadare, E., Rehan, A., Ding, Y., Turnbull, A., Malone, E., Mincher, D., & Proudfoot, L. (2016, September)
Development of mitochondria- and protease-specific prodrugs in the potential treatment of parasitic helminth infections. Poster presented at Molecular & Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites X, Hydra, Greece
Anthelmintic resistance and the shortage of new drugs represent an urgent need for the development of novel anti-parasite drugs with effective delivery to the target site. Red...

High Cardiorespiratory Fitness Alleviates the Negative Impact of Increasing Sitting Time on CD31+ T-Cell Number

Presentation / Conference
Ross, M. D., Malone, E., Simpson, R., & Florida-James, G. (2016, May)
High Cardiorespiratory Fitness Alleviates the Negative Impact of Increasing Sitting Time on CD31+ T-Cell Number. Poster presented at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Congress, Boston
Aging is associated with endothelial dysfunction, reduced angiogenic capabilities, and an increase in arterial stiffness. Regular exercise is known to offset the age-related d...

The Influence of Age, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Circulating Angiogenic T Cells and CXCR4 expression

Presentation / Conference
Ross, M., Malone, E., Simpson, R., & Florida-James., G. (2015, May)
The Influence of Age, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Circulating Angiogenic T Cells and CXCR4 expression. Poster presented at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Congress, Boston
Aging is associated with endothelial dysfunction, reduced angiogenic capabilities, and an increase in arterial stiffness. Regular exercise is known to offset the age-related d...

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