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

  • Shortlisted Nominee, Building Effective Partnerships Award, AGCAS (for project INTER)
  • Herald Higher Education Awards, Partnership Award (for project INTER )
  • Most Inspiring Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier Student Association Excellence Award
  • 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
  • Invited Seminar Speaker: Practically Facilitating Educational Leadership, Talking Teaching Across the Globe, Oxford Brookes University
  • Invited Panel Member: Decolonising the Curriculum, Edinburgh Napier Student Association Debate
  • Keynote Speaker: Inclusive and Decolonised Curriculum in the Biological Sciences, Celebrating Equ(al)ity, Diversity & Inclusion, The Business School, Edinburgh Napier 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 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 Seminar Speaker: Edinburgh Napier Connect Women in STEM Student Champions Event
  • 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
  • Invited Speaker: Equate Scotland 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Scottish Parliament
  • Can we enable students to reach their potential through engaging with feedback – a feedback pathway? The Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier
  • 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
  • Playing Hide and Seek with Fred the Germ, St. Margaret's Primary School, South Queensferry
  • Midlothian Science Festival - Mayfield Gala Day
  • 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
  • ENroute Reviewer, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via ENroute
  • Scotland Outreach Champion Award Panel, Royal Society of Biology
  • Invited to review for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Invited to review for Toxicology
  • Invited to review for Nanotoxicology
  • Subject expert and reviewer (Immunology) for the Collaboartive e-Learning in Life Sciences (CeLLS) project

 

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Pre-validation of a reporter gene assay for oxidative stress for the rapid screening of nanobiomaterials

Journal Article
Martin, S., de Haan, L., Miro Estruch, I., Eder, K. M., Marzi, A., Schnekenburger, J., …Bouwmeester, H. (2022)
Pre-validation of a reporter gene assay for oxidative stress for the rapid screening of nanobiomaterials. Frontiers in Toxicology, 4, Article 974429. https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2022.974429
Engineered nanomaterials have been found to induce oxidative stress. Cellular oxidative stress, in turn, can result in the induction of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes ...

Case study 10: Facilitating education leadership: Building and sharing an understanding amongst the programme team

Book Chapter
Malone, E., & Yorkstone, S. (2022)
Case study 10: Facilitating education leadership: Building and sharing an understanding amongst the programme team. In J. Lawrence, S. Morón-García, & R. Senior (Eds.), Supporting Course and Programme Leaders in Higher Education: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders (191-194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127413-37
This case study describes the process of building a programme roadmap to enable a shared understanding and sense of ownership with the various tasks involved in the management...

How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts

Journal Article
Macdonald, I., Malone, E., & Firth, R. (2022)
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts. Studies in Higher Education, 47(9), 1980-1996. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.2020745
In UK HE institutions there is a growing realisation and appreciation for academic disciplines to seek research partners beyond their own subject (QAA. 2018. Enterprise and en...

Enhancing Programme Management to enable Programme Leadership: A Roadmap for Programmes

Presentation / Conference
Yorkstone, S., & Malone, E. (2021, June)
Enhancing Programme Management to enable Programme Leadership: A Roadmap for Programmes. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy, Online

Immune Response of Elite Enduro Racers to Laboratory and Racing Environments: The Influence of Training Impulse and Vibration

Journal Article
Kirkwood, L., Ingram-Sills, L., Taylor, M. D., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2021)
Immune Response of Elite Enduro Racers to Laboratory and Racing Environments: The Influence of Training Impulse and Vibration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094603
Introduction: Understanding the sport-specific immune response elicited during both training and competition is imperative to maximise athlete health and performance. Despite ...

Elite mountain bike enduro competition: a study of rider hand-arm vibration exposure

Journal Article
Kirkwood, L. A., Taylor, M. D., Ingram, L. A., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. D. (2019)
Elite mountain bike enduro competition: a study of rider hand-arm vibration exposure. Journal of Science and Cycling, 8(1), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.28985/1906.jsc.04
Limited information is currently available regarding the hand-arm vibration (HAV) exposure 5 for professional off-road cyclists. Previous reports have suggested that commuting...

Rethinking marking: Can applying business improvement techniques help ease the burden of marking on a large project module?

Presentation / Conference
Malone, E. (2019, February)
Rethinking marking: Can applying business improvement techniques help ease the burden of marking on a large project module?. Presented at Supporting Programme Leaders to create cultures of enhancement

Building Ambitious Programme Communities: Generating the impetus for co-creation in Staff Student Liaison Committees

Presentation / Conference
Malone, E. (2019, January)
Building Ambitious Programme Communities: Generating the impetus for co-creation in Staff Student Liaison Committees. Presented at Supporting Programme Leaders to Navigate (and Shape) the Data Landscape
QAA Evidence for Enhancement, Enhancing Programme Leadership event ‘Supporting Programme Leaders to Navigate (and Shape) the Data Landscape’ hosted by Heriot Watt in January 2...

Flipped Practicals: Present the Problem and Remove the ‘Safety Net’

Presentation / Conference
Malone, E. (2019, January)
Flipped Practicals: Present the Problem and Remove the ‘Safety Net’. Presented at The Heads of University Biosciences and Royal Society of Biology: New to Teaching Biosciences in Higher Education

Older men display elevated levels of senescence-associated exercise-responsive CD28null angiogenic T cells compared with younger men

Journal Article
Ross, M., Ingram, L., Taylor, G., Malone, E., Simpson, R. J., West, D., & Florida-James, G. (2018)
Older men display elevated levels of senescence-associated exercise-responsive CD28null angiogenic T cells compared with younger men. Physiological Reports, 6(12), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13697
Aging is associated with elevated cardiovascular disease risk. As a result of aging, endothelial dysfunction develops, partly due to a reduction in vascular regenerative abili...

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