Between 2012 and 2017, she was head of the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, on a five-year research project funded by the Wellcome Trust titled The Makers of Modern Biomedicine: Testimonies and Legacy, to record oral testimonies from those who have contributed significantly to modern medical sciences.[5][6][7]
Tansey's Witness Seminar series, held at the Wellcome Trust Centre, had the aim of bringing together medical professionals, scientists and technicians in group discussions, with the purpose of learning about significant periods in the history recent medicine.[8][9][10] Topics covered have included oral contraceptives, genetic testing, and post-penicillin antibiotics.[8]
Selected publications
She co-edited a book with Susan Wray celebrating one hundred years of women physiologists.[11][12][13]
The History of Toxicology: the Long and Short of it[14]
Rudolf Magnus; Physiologist and Pharmacologist (1873–1927): A Biography[15] concerning Rudolf Magnus
Awards and honours
Tansey is an honorary member of The Physiological Society.[16] In 2015, at the centenary of women's membership of the Physiological Society, Tansey received the Paton prize and presented her prize lecture entitled Maude, Nettie, Ghetel and George, a study of some women married to early nineteenth century Physiological Society members.[17][13][18]
^Tansey, Elizabeth M.; Arbuthnott, Gordon W.; Fink, George; Whale, Derek (1983). "Oestradiol-17β Increases the Firing Rate of Antidromically Identified Neurones of the Rat Neostriatum". Neuroendocrinology. 37 (2): 106–110. doi:10.1159/000123527. ISSN0028-3835. PMID6684218.
^ abRonald E. Doel; Thomas Söderqvist (2006). "1. Introduction". The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine: Writing Recent Science. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN978-0-415-27294-0.
