Joyce Tait

Joyce Tait CBE, FRSE, FSRA (born February 1938) is a professor at the University of Edinburgh[1][2] and a member of the UK Council for Science and Technology.[3][4] She is a member of the UK Government Regulatory Horizons Council, an independent expert committee which provides advice on regulatory reform to support innovation in science and technology.[5][6] In 2002 she co-founded the Innogen Institute to support scientists in developing innovation in safe ways which are useful to society.[7][8][9]

Professor

Joyce Tait

CBE, FRSE, FSRA
Born1938
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Occupation(s)Scientist and regulator

She is an expert in scientific regulation[10][11] and comments on the safe, evidence-based development of innovation in life science and related areas, including genetically modified foods.[12][13] She is a member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal Synthetic and Systems Biology.

Tait holds a BSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in land economy studying regulation of pesticide production and use. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Open University. Tait was appointed CBE for services to social science in 2005.[7]


References
  1. "Joyce Tait - Life Science Innovation Systems -Research In A Nutshell- School of Social and Political Science-17/07/2012". Media Hopper Create. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. "Joyce Tait | School of Social and Political Science". www-staging.sps.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. "Professor Joyce Tait appointed to the Council for Science and Technology". Open University in Scotland. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. "New members of the Council for Science and Technology confirmed". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  5. "Joyce Tait joins the Regulatory Horizons Council | Innogen". www.innogen.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  6. "Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  7. "Creating responsible innovation". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  8. "Home | Innogen". www.innogen.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  9. "Joyce Tait | Eurostemcell". www.eurostemcell.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. Tait, Joyce; Brown, Alex; Lalinde, Isabela Cabrera; Barlow, Daniel; Chiles, Matthew; Mason, Paul (March 2021). "Responsible innovation: Its role in an era of technological and regulatory transformation". Engineering Biology. 5 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1049/enb2.12005. ISSN 2398-6182.
  11. Tait, Joyce (June 2017). "From responsible research to responsible innovation: Challenges in implementation". Engineering Biology. 1 (1): 7–11. doi:10.1049/enb.2017.0010.
  12. "Gene-edited pork on sale 'within years' say 'Dolly' scientists behind deal to breed world's first virus-resistant pigs". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  13. "GM Archive / Professor Joyce Tait collection relating to genetically modified crops | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-21.


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