Renae Ryan

Renae Ryan
Ryan in May 2024
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia (AM), 2023
Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers, 2023
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
Thesis Molecular determinants for transport and ion channel functions of a human glutamate transporter  (2004)

Renae Monique Ryan AM is the academic director of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Program at the University of Sydney, and a researcher in neuroscience, pharmacology, and membrane transport proteins. She argues for systemic change to increase academic diversity.

Early life and education

Ryan was born and grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs where she attended Brigidine College Randwick. She obtained her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2004.[citation needed]

Career

She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Columbia University and also the National Institutes of Health in the USA. Ryan returned to the University of Sydney, where she was appointed in 2010 as an associate professor within the Sydney Medical School.[citation needed]

Ryan uses structural biology and biophysical techniques to investigate molecular pumps that transport amino acids and neurotransmitters into cells. Her work involves designing novel compounds that target these pumps, and this may be used to treat diseases including chronic pain, cancer and neurological diseases.[1]

Scientific impact

In addition to her work in neurochemistry and pharmacology, she has worked in gender equity, diversity, and inclusion. The scientific impact of her research, as measured using citations and H number, included over 1,700 citations and an H number of 19 in July 2019, increasing to more than 2,900 and H-index of 29 by August 2023.[2] Ryan has had two articles published in Nature and Nature Structural and Molecular Biology in 2007.[3]

Work in equity

As a student, she did not think about gender very much, given that in biomedical science, there "seemed to be lots of women around".[4] As she rose through the academic ranks, she noticed that "despite high numbers of women at undergraduate and PhD levels, there were very few women in senior academic positions". Ryan's work on gender equity has been published by Women's Agenda.[4]

Ryan works as a mentor.[5] She believes that to increase diversity in academia, we should not change the person, but "we need disruptive systemic change".[4]

Recognition and awards

References

  1. ^ "Bosch Triennial Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Renae M Ryan Citations". Google Scholar. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Bosch Test Med USYD report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "'We need systemic change': Professor Renae Ryan on diversity in STEMM". Women's Agenda. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ "do you need a mentor?". Frankie. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ Plant, Elizabeth (23 August 2023). "2023 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Professor Renae Monique RYAN". Australian Honours Search Facility. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Decoding dragons and devils, what triggers volcanoes, and more: Australia's stars of science". Australian Academy of Science. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  9. ^ Scher, Stephen; Kozlowska, Kasia (2018), "A Brief Introduction", Rethinking Health Care Ethics, Springer Singapore, pp. 1–11, doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0830-7_1, ISBN 9789811308291
  10. ^ "WILS Database". wils-database.embo.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Ass Prof Renae Ryan". AIPS. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. ^ "AuPS McIntyre Prize". aups.org.au. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  13. ^ "ASCEPT 2013 Annual Science Meeting" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Professor Renae Ryan". University of Sydney. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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