Glenda Halliday

Glenda Halliday
AC FAA FAHMS
OccupationNeuroscientist
AwardsNSW Scientist of the Year (2022)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
ThesisThe organization of the ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum (1986)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of New South Wales
University of Sydney

Glenda Margaret Halliday is an Australian neuroscientist. As of 2021, she is a professor at the University of Sydney and research fellow in the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). She was named 2022 NSW Scientist of the Year.

Education

Halilday graduated with a BSc from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 1981.[1] She went on to graduate with a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the UNSW in 1986, with a thesis titled "The organization of the ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum".[2] While undertaking her PhD she founded a donor program to enable study of Parkinson's disease in the brain.

Career

Halliday is a research fellow of the NHMRC, first appointed to that role in 1990.[3] Working at UNSW, she was appointed professor of medicine in 2003 and subsequently professor of neuroscience in 2008. As of 2021 she is a professor and NHMRC leadership fellow based at the University of Sydney.[4]

Halliday's research focuses on neurodegeneration, including Parkinson's disease and frontotemporal dementia.[5] Her work has led to improved treatment of Parkinson's sufferers.

Honours and recognition

Halliday was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2015[6] and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in May 2021.[7] She was awarded the 2020 NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award for Leadership in Clinical Medicine and Science[8] and in 2021 won the international Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research.[9] She was named NSW Scientist of the Year at the 2022 NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering recognising her research on neurodegenerative diseases.[10]

Halliday was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "eminent service to medical research in the field of neurodegenerative disorders, including the development of revised diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease, and as a mentor".[11]

References

Scholia has a profile for Glenda Halliday (Q45304807).
  1. ^ Halliday, Glenda (1981), An electron microscopic analysis of the ventral tegmental area in the cat, retrieved 3 December 2021
  2. ^ Halliday, Glenda (1986), The organization of the ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum, University of New South Wales. Faculty of Medicine. Anatomy, retrieved 3 December 2021
  3. ^ "Halliday, Glenda". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Staff Profile: Professor Glenda Halliday". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Glenda Halliday". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Twenty-two Australians recognised among our nation's most distinguished scientists | Australian Academy of Science". Australian Academy of Science. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Renowned neurodegeneration expert receives top accolade". The University of Sydney. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  9. ^ "World-renowned neuroscientist receives prestigious award". The University of Sydney. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Professor Glenda Halliday named as NSW Scientist of the Year". The University of Sydney. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. ^ "King's Birthday 2023 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.