Dr Pauline McLoone graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1995 with an honours degree in Immunology. During and immediately after her undergraduate training she carried out short term research projects with the University of Wales, College of Medicine and John Hopkins University respectively. Thereafter, Dr McLoone was awarded a PhD by the University of Dundee, School of Medicine in 2000 for her research on mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation induced immune suppression. From 2002 to 2005, she carried out postdoctoral research on the chronic effects of ultraviolet radiation exposure on innate immune parameters. This research was performed at the University of Edinburgh as part of a European Union funded collaborative project involving partners in Poland, the Netherlands and Finland. She has also held academic appointments in the Biological Sciences Department of two universities in Nigeria; Delta State University (2001-2002) and Covenant University (2008-2010). Her duties in these posts involved teaching, research, supervising undergraduate research projects and serving on various committees.

Dr McLoone joined Nazarbayev University, School of Medicine, in January 2015 as an Assistant Professor and is involved in teaching and development of the Immunology course for medical students.

1. McLoone P, Warnock M, Fyfe L (2015) Honey: a realistic antimicrobial for disorders of the skin. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.01.009

2. McLoone P and Oluwadun A (2014) Approaches to learning in higher education: a review. African Educational Research Journal, 2 (3), 110-115.

3. Norval M, McLoone P, Lesiak A, Narbutt J (2008) The effects of chronic ultraviolet radiation on the human immune system. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 84, 19-28.

4. McLoone P and Norval M (2005) Adaptation to the UV-induced suppression of phagocytic activity in murine peritoneal macrophages following chronic exposure to solar simulated radiation. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 10, 792-797.

5. McLoone P, Woods GM, Norval M (2005) Decrease in Langerhans cells and increase in lymph node dendritic cells following chronic exposure of mice to suberythemal doses of solar simulated radiation. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 81, 1168-1173.

6. McLoone P, Simics E, Barton A, Norval M, Gibbs NK (2005) An action spectrum for the production of cis-urocanic acid in human skin in vivo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 124 (5) 1071-1074.

7.McLoone P, Man I, Yule S, Fluitman A, Van Loveren H, Norval M, Gibbs NK (2004) Wholebody UVB (TL-01) or UVA-1 irradiation does not alter the level of immunomodulatory cytokines in the serum of human volunteers. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine, 20, 76-80.

8. McLoone P, Warnock M, Fyfe L (2015). Honey: an immunomodulatory agent for disorders of the skin. Food and Agricultural Immunology. doi:10.1080/09540105.2015.1104653

9. McLoone P, Oluwadun A, Warnock M, Fyfe L (2016). Honey: a therapeutic agent for disorders of the skin. Central Asian Journal of Global Health. 5 (1).