Dr Elizabeth Davenport

I contribute to a wide range of teaching activities (design, delivery, assessment and feedback) across undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Biomedical Sciences programmes at Edinburgh Medical School.

Dr Elizabeth Davenport

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

  • Biomedical Teaching Organisation
  • Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences
  • The University of Edinburgh

Contact details

Address

Old Medical School (Doorway 3)
Teviot Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9AG

Role at the BMTO

I have a prominent role in the pre-honours years. I am course organiser for the large first year course Medical Biology 1 (MB1) and have a wide range of teaching responsibilities across the core Biomedical Sciences courses (BMS1 and BMS2). These courses aim to provide a solid foundational knowledge and key practical skills in the disciplines of biomedical sciences. Furthermore, I contribute to neuroscience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, supervise honours student projects and I am involved with the core components of the Medical Sciences honours programme.

I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK since 2021.

Research Interests

I trained in molecular and cellular neuroscience, and I maintain a research interest in understanding how the synapse functions in health and neurodevelopmental disorders.

I am also keenly interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically in ways in which we can improve student engagement in large pre-honours courses. Additionally, I explore novel ways to embed core scientific skills and experimental design into large undergraduate practicals.

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