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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The influence of age and cardiorespiratory fitness on circulating angiogenic T cells and CXCR4 expression.

Conference Proceeding
Ross, M. D., Malone, E. M., Simpson, R. J., & Florida-James, G. (2015)
The influence of age and cardiorespiratory fitness on circulating angiogenic T cells and CXCR4 expression
Aging is associated with endothelial dysfunction, reduced angiogenic capabilities, and an increase in arterial stiffness. Additionally, regular exercise is known to offset the...

Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise

Journal Article
Florida-James, G. D., Ingram, L. A., Simpson, R. J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2015)
Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 47, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.12.018
Sleep disruption and deprivation are common in contemporary society and have been linked with poor health, decreased job performance and increased life-stress. The rapid redep...

Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway?

Presentation / Conference
Malone, E., & MacNab, A. (2015, January)
Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway?. Presented at The Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh
In response to our experience and supporting evidence [1] that students may not engage with, understand or use their feedback, we have created and introduced a ’feedback pathw...

Lymphocyte subset responses to an acute bout of intense exercise following a night of sleep disruption

Presentation / Conference
Ingram, L., Simpson, R., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2012, May)
Lymphocyte subset responses to an acute bout of intense exercise following a night of sleep disruption. Poster presented at 59th Annual Meeting & 3RD World Congress on Exercise Medicine
No abstract available.

Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation

Presentation / Conference
Dickson, C., Prach, M., Fraser, J., Ingram, L., Barlow, P., Hutchison, G., …Malone, E. (2012, February)
Nanoparticles and Neutrophil Activation. Presented at NanoImpactNet-QNANO conference - European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials, Dublin, Ireland
Neutrophils, the rapid responders of the innate immune system, are central to the initial immune responses of a host to foreign particles. Circulating in the blood, they are t...

Nanotoxicity.

Book Chapter
Hutchison, G. R., & Malone, E. M. (2011)
Nanotoxicity. In B. Booß-Bavnbek, B. Klösgen, J. Larsen, F. Pociot, & E. Renström (Eds.), Systems Biology of Regulated Exocytosis in Pancreatic β-Cells, 419-434. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6956-9_18
Nanotechnology, including the field of nanomedicine, promises to revolutionise/improve the way in which we live our lives. This atomic, molecular and macromolecular technology...

Nanoparticles - a potential danger to male reproductive health? Development of in vitro testes model.

Presentation / Conference
Fulton, N., Malone, E., O’Neil, M., & Hutchison, G. (2010, June)
Nanoparticles - a potential danger to male reproductive health? Development of in vitro testes model. Poster presented at Nanotoxicology 2010, Edinburgh
Nanoparticles (NP) are sized between 1 and 100 nanometers and are currently the subject of significant research due to their important role in the biomedical, materials and co...

Immunomodulatory effects of cannabinoids in human T-lymphocytes

Conference Proceeding
Schinwald, A., Galban-Horcajo, F., Malone, E., & Smith, P. (2009)
Immunomodulatory effects of cannabinoids in human T-lymphocytes. In Proceedings of the British Pharmacological Society
Background: Circulating levels of endocannabinoids are elevated in obese and hyperglycaemic patients and may contribute to immune dysfunction in obesity and diabetes. Cannabin...

Removal of regulatory T cell activity reverses hyporesponsiveness and leads to filarial parasite clearance in vivo.

Journal Article
Taylor, M. D., LeGoff, L., Harris, A., Malone, E. M., Allen, J. E., & Maizels, R. M. (2005)
Removal of regulatory T cell activity reverses hyporesponsiveness and leads to filarial parasite clearance in vivo. Journal of Immunology, 174, 4924-4933
Human filarial parasites cause chronic infection associated with long-term down-regulation of the host’s immune response. We show here that CD4+ T cell regulation is the main ...

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