Professor Joyce Tait CBE, FRSE, FSRA
Born	1938
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Occupation(s)	Scientist and regulator

Elizabeth Joyce Tait^[1] CBE, FRSE, FSRA (born February 1938) is a professor at the University of Edinburgh^[2][3] and a member of the UK Council for Science and Technology.^[4][5] She is a member of the UK Government Regulatory Horizons Council, an independent expert committee which provides advice on regulatory reform to support innovation in science and technology.^[6][7] In 2002 she co-founded the Innogen Institute to support scientists in developing innovation in safe ways which are useful to society.^[8][9][10]

She is an expert in scientific regulation^[11][12] and comments on the safe, evidence-based development of innovation in life science and related areas, including genetically modified foods.^[13][14] She is a member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal Synthetic and Systems Biology.

Tait holds a BSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in land economy studying regulation of pesticide production and use. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Open University. Tait was appointed CBE for services to social science in 2005.^[8]

• 2005 Birthday Honours