Emma Lane

• Consulting for a range of clients as a KOL and developed bespoke packages centered around patient focused drug development in trials of advanced therapies.
• Commissioned as a paid for public speaker at academic conferences within sessions led by biopharmacueticals.
• Clients include large and SME biopharmaceuticals as well as digital remote sensing technology SMEs in the Parkinson’s cell therapy space.

Tenured academic at Cardiff University commencing as Lecturer (Assistant Professor 2009-2015) through Senior Lecturer (2015-2020) and promotion to Reader in 2020.

• Coordinates and leads a highly collaborative research group successfully managing a portfolio of funding from a variety of competitive sources, taking projects through to completion and delivering final outputs for both academic and other stakeholder groups including trial participants and support partners, ethics committees and trial methodologists.
• Developed forward looking strategies for PPIE groups, Led, facilitated, supported and evaluated a range of patient involvement for academic projects and national patient groups/charities/. ***including public survey and are creating a charter for PPIE in ATMP clinical delivery as part of ATMP Engage (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Working Group
• Provides insights on patient engagement and involvement as a member of several external advisory boards on clinical trials and patient preferencing studies for advanced therapies.
• Developed authentic, productive network of patient advocates in different patient communities, including integrating patient advocates as research partners in research projects.
• Created resources and delivered training on engagement and involvement in national and international levels.
• Worked within regulated environments and ensured my teams compliance with regulators.
• Designed and facilitated major public engagement projects for Cardiff University including for patient groups with legacy resources and evaluation.
• Collaborated with industry and academic partners to complete studies for FDA and EMA IND applications for novel cell therapies.
• Experienced in reviewing project applications for major funders from drug discovery through to non drug interventions and clinical studies.
• Created an EDI focused recruitment strategy and fostered a positive research culture in a multi-institutional doctoral training programme
• Designed and delivered high quality teaching, assessments and mentorship as part of the senior leadership team of the School of Pharmacy supporting and acting for the Head of School when required.

• Oversight of PhD/MPhil recruitment, admissions and progress monitoring with overall responsibility for ensuring achievement of PGR admissions targets and completion rates.
• Provide support in resolving/investigating concerns with students or student progress.
• Leadership of PGR Exam Boards and alignment of School processes with University regulation and managing student appeals.
• Development and effective delivery of an action plan to respond to areas for improvement as identified through Annual Review and Enhancement, PRES survey, PGR student Reps, and the PGR Board of Studies.

• Developed teaching for neuropharmacology, neuroscience and pharmacology undergraduate programmes
• Organised and led patient engagement events
• Developed a research programme on side effects of cell therapy in Parkinson's disease
• Published original research and reviews in academic journals

• Presented research findings with clear communication and data visualisation skills.
• Designed experiments to produce scientifically sound results while working with limited infrastructure and resources.
• Formulated project goals to guide research activities.