Clare Stanford graduated in physiology at UCL, where she is now Professor (Emerita) of Translational Neuropharmacology. She studied for a DPhil in the Department of Physiology, Oxford, and was later awarded a (University of Oxford) Mary Goodger Scholarship to continue her postdoctoral Research. This was followed by a faculty position, as a Departmental Demonstrator, during which time she became the first woman Fellow at Exeter College. She then returned to UCL where she continued her research into how monoamine neurotransmitters influence mood and behaviour. This work has involved both human and preclinical studies and has led to over 100 peer-reviewed publications on the role of monoamines in the stress response, depression, anxiety, obesity and their treatments.
Professor Stanford is an Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Biology and Past President of both the Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA) and the British Association for Psychopharmacology. She has served two terms as a member of Council of the University of London and, from 2016-2023, was a member of the Animal Science Committee, which advises the Home Office Minister on matters relating to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986). She is currently the Chairwoman of the Project Management Board for the prize-winning NC3Rs Experimental Design Assistant, Honorary Treasurer of LASA, Chairman of the Animal Science Group (Royal Society for Biology) and also Chairwoman of the Transparency and Reproducibility Committee, which is a section of the International Union of (Basic and Preclinical) Pharmacology.
