Dr Iona Beange (PhD Neuroscience)

Co-I / Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement Co-ordinator; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow;

  • Division of Psychiatry
  • Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Contact details

Address

Street

Edinburgh Bioquarter, Little France

City
Edinburgh
Post code

Biography

Background

Dr Iona Beange is a Knowledge Exchange Officer at the University of Edinburgh, who has worked in public engagement for over 18 years, across a broad range of topics. She is currently working on A Wellcome Trust-funded project called AMBER (Antidepressant Medication: Biology, Exposure and Response), which uses genetic, Big Data, and cell laboratory techniques to better understand how antidepressants work and how they could be better used to treat depression.

She is also Co-founder / Co-Director of a spin-out company called EPIC Think Learn C.I.C. which provides resources for parents, teachers and clinicians, who care for neurodivergent children. EPIC resources are research based and can be used as soon as a difficulty is recognised, with no need to wait for a diagnosis. 

Iona also hosts placements for the MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement at the University of Edinburgh.  

Qualifications

PhD Neuroscience

BSc Honours Biomedical Sciences

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching

Postgraduate teaching

MSc in Science Communication

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