Ella Maysami

Biography

Having graduated from Melli University of Medical Sciences (1st class honour) and completed Diplomas in French, English and German, Ella has embarked on an MSc in Molecular Genetics at Leicester University. She completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the Medical University of Hannover (in conjunction with Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover), where she worked on neuroregeneration using in-vitro models of multiple sclerosis and published three original research papers and a book chapter just before completing her (conventional) PhD thesis and public viva (1st class honour).

Before starting as a lecturer in neuroscience at Keele University, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Legacy Health Research Hospital in Portland, Oregon, USA, where she worked on regeneration and repair mechanisms after stroke and published four original research papers.

She continued her research on stroke regeneration at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, and worked closely with collaborators at European Stroke Consortium. She visited Cyceron in Caen, France as a guest researcher and published five original research papers and one book chapter during this period.

Ella has recently completed an MA in Higher Education Proficiency (Keele University, UK) and an MSc-Res in Bio-Health Informatics (Sheffield University, UK). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance-HE, UK) and an accredited external examiner (Advance-HE, UK). She is also a member of AURORA (Advance HE's leadership development initiative for women).

Ella's research interests are neuroregeneration (drug discovery and repurposing), analysis of biomarkers (population health and clinical studies) and development of disease models.

Teaching

Lecturer in Neuroscience (School of Life Sciences)

Module/course leader: Brain Disease, Neuropharmacology, Special Senses (2019- current)

Contributing lecturer to

• Postgraduate cognitive neuroscience and psychology teaching (School of Psychology),
• Pain pharmacology and physiology MSc (School of Medicine)
• PGCE & MA-HEP programme tutor

Further information

Dr Maysami presented at KIITE Education Conference in Jan 2022
Host: Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence (hyperlink to: https://viewer.joomag.com/keele-education-conference-2022-programme/0498042001639744125?short&)
Title: Designing authentic assessments: Moving away from essays and educating for global competence (case-study)
Date/Time: 14 January 2022, 10:15-10:30 Keele Education Conference 2022 - Keele University

Dr Maysami chaired a session on LONG COVID
Host: Midlands Immunology Network
Title: The COVID-19 Research Showcase 2 - LONG COVID 
Date/Time: 16 September 2021, 13:00-17:00

Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: How to make the Most of Educational Videos
Host: JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)
Title: Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: How to Make the Most of Educational Videos
Date / Time: Wednesday 23 June | Time: 2 PM BST (UK) // 4 PM Israel 

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Blended teaching and learning in laboratory sessions (KIITE Conference - January 2021, Keele University)
Host: KITE, Keele University - ‘Education: Then. Now. Next’
Title: Delivering laboratory  practical sessions using a hybrid approach - (Case study) by Dr Ella Maysami & Samirah Chowdhury (Level 5 neuroscience student)
Date / Time: 20 January 2021

Blended teaching at Medical Schools: Reflecting on pedagogical research reports (pre and post covid)
Host: School of Life Sciences, Internal Communication (Education and Scholarship Team - Away Day)
Title: Blended Learning in Higher Education
Date and Time: 5 August 2020

Memberships and scholarly activities

2022 – current: AURORA Advance HE's leadership development for women (Advance HE)
2022: Reviewing editor of the following books (multiple chapters):

• The Visual System by Calkins - Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 08540
• The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience 4th Edition, by Jamie Ward - Taylor & Francis Group

2021– current: External Examiner at London Metropolitan University & Academic Institute for Higher Education Germany (GmbH): 1- MSc Angewandte Psychologie 2- MSc Psychologische Medizin / Komplementäre Medizin 3- MSc Psychological Medicine & Mental Health
2020 – current: Fellow Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
2020 – current: KIITE Fellow in Curriculum Design and Internationalisation (Global Health Pathway developer, 2020-22)
2020 – current: Accredited External Examiner (Advance HE)
2018 – current: Member of European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity” (ENERI)
2018: Reviewer of Stroke (Neuroscience)
2015 – current: Reviewer of Frontiers in molecular and cellular Neuroscience (Neuroscience)
2005 – current: Reviewer of Archives of Medical Sciences (Medicine)
2005 – current: Reviewer of Experimental Neurology (Neuroscience)