Susan Standring is a British neuroscientist who is serving as the editor-in-chief of ''

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'', a reference book for human anatomy. She is an

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of anatomy at

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, where she previously served as head of anatomy. From 2008 to 2010, Standring was president of the Anatomical Society. In addition to educating medical and dental students in anatomy for over forty years, Standring has led an extensive research career with over 150 papers published.

Education

Standring began her education studying medicine at

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in 1964 before switching to pursue a PhD."Interiority: An Exploration of the Inward Gaze. Professor Susan Standring" https://interioritytalks.wordpress.com/contributors/dr-susan-standring Retrieved 2017-11-26/

Career

After completing her PhD, Standring worked as a neuroscientist, publishing over 150 articles relating to her research on repair of the peripheral nervous system. Standring previously served as president of the Peripheral Nerve Society and the Anatomical Society. Early in her career, Standring was assigned the job of creating a bibliography for 36th edition of

, after having suggested the idea to her colleague and then-editor of the book, Peter Williams. Having completed her work on the bibliography, Standring then edited the peripheral nerve section of the following edition before being promoted to editor-in-chief of the 39th edition."Dr. Susan Standring, Editor-in-Chief of "Gray's Anatomy""elsevierauthors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nZ7qEtD35o Elsevierauthors. Published on 2013-1-9. Retrieved 2017-11-26 Standring still holds this position today and has moved the text forward, introducing new online editions and incorporating interactive and motion-based graphic to further demonstrate and aid in teaching of the complexity of many structure processes.Sinclair, Mark (2016). "Under the Skin: the evolution of Gray’s Anatomy" Creative Review https://www.creativereview.co.uk/under-the-skin-the-evolution-of-grays-anatomy Retrieved 2017-11-27/ During her career as an anatomist, Standring has spent over 40 years teaching anatomy to medical and dental students. For her services to anatomical education, Standring was awarded a

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(MBE) in 2015. Standring also served as an admissions tutor for Medicine for seven years at UMDS and

(King's), helping to develop the Access to Medicine Programme at King's, which aims to expand access to healthcare professions for students studying at less selective

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in the Greater London area or who participate in the Realising Opportunities programme of England. Through this work, she later served as an advisor in the development of similar programmes at the universities of

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and

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. In addition to her work as editor-in-chief of Gray's Anatomy, she continues to write on applied anatomical topics and on the histories of topographical anatomy and of peripheral nerve repair. Standring currently acts as an external examiner of anatomy to several medical schools in the UK and is a trustee of the Hunterian Collection at the

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(RCS England), and previously presided on the Council of the Hunterian Society. Standring is also an honorary fellow of RCS England and has been a trustee of the Damiliola Taylor Trust and of Changing Faces.

Research

Standring's research career has produced over 150 articles. A large part of her research consisted of nerve work, which led to her initial involvement in

. Her more recent works has involved contributions to nerve communication and anomalies that have been studied through neck dissections. Standring's work has led to the discovery of nerve variants including that of the

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, anatomical variants of other branches of the

cervical plexus The cervical plexus is a nerve plexus of the anterior rami of the first (i.e. upper-most) four cervical spinal nerves C1-C4. The cervical plexus provides motor innervation to some muscles of the neck, and the diaphragm; it provides sensory inne ...

, and the marginal mandibular nerve. Such discoveries will have implications involving operations on the neck and face. Standring has also contributed to work on nerve regeneration and nerve repair, specifically in the book Peripheral Neuropathy (2005). In retirement, Standring continues to write on applied anatomical topics and on the histories of topographical anatomy and of nerve repair.

References

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