Dr Jaleel Miyan
Dr Jaleel Miyan is currently a Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester. He has a BSc in Biological Sciences majoring in Neurobiology from the University of Sussex and a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Glasgow.
After two post-doctoral appointments in neurobiology at the Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield, he was awarded a Royal Society (1983) University Research Fellowship. He held these from 1986-1996, initially at Edinburgh and then at The University of Manchester where he transferred to a lectureship in 1996.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He holds awards for both research and teaching including the Casey Holter Essay Prize from the Society for Research in Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida and an Innovations in the Curriculum award for his introduction of problem-based learning to an undergraduate degree programme in biological science.
He has recently filed a patent, based on his research, for a new treatment to prevent and/or treat fetal-onset hydrocephalus.
Autism is a complex condition involving effects on brain development, both before and after birth. A major area of recent research and thinking involves the interaction between the immune system, specific organ systems such as the gut, and the brain.
This bi-directional interaction between brain and body could underlie certain types of autism as children with these conditions show abnormal autonomic functions and respond well to treatment of co-morbidities (the presence of one or more additional disorders).
Dr Miyan’s research is aimed at understanding the neuro-immune system and its role in autism spectrum disorder and its associated co-morbidities.