Professor Joyce Tait CBE, FRSE, FSRA | |
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Born | 1938 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Occupation(s) | Scientist and regulator |
Elizabeth Joyce Tait[1] CBE, FRSE, FSRA (born February 1938) is a professor at the University of Edinburgh[2][3] and a member of the UK Council for Science and Technology.[4][5] 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.[6][7] In 2002 she co-founded the Innogen Institute to support scientists in developing innovation in safe ways which are useful to society.[8][9][10]
She is an expert in scientific regulation[11][12] and comments on the safe, evidence-based development of innovation in life science and related areas, including genetically modified foods.[13][14] 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.[8]