Professor Glenda Halliday is a career neuroscientist specialising in neurodegeneration (h-index 145, >109,000 cites, Google Scholar). She has been a Fellow of the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) since 1990, and is currently a NHMRC leadership fellow at The University of Sydney. Glenda started her research in neuroscience by studying the neurochemical dopamine and its systems in a variety of animal species, including humans. Her focus on understanding the brain and its workings in people that has distinguished her neuroscience career. Her research has provided the evidence base for international diagnostic criteria for neurodegenerative diseases. Recognitions include memberships to the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and an Order of Australia, as well as through the following and other awards; 2022 NSW Scientist of the year, 2021 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research by the Michael J Fox Foundation, 2020 and 2014 NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Awards, 2016 Cozzarelli Prize for outstanding 2015 paper, National Academy of Sciences, USA; 2011 Nina Kondelos Prize for outstanding neuroscience, Australian Neuroscience Society.