Name:
Dr Martin Hawes
Organisation:
University of Surrey
Year elected:
2024
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Dr Hawes originally trained as an hospital pharmacist before moving to the pharmaceutical industry, where he spent 20 years in human drug discovery and development. In 2012, he took a career break to read veterinary medicine, and graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 2016. Dr Hawes worked as a companion animal vet before joining the University of Surrey in 2018 to teach veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics. Dr Hawes was awarded the British Pharmacological Society Student Choice Award for Excellence in Pharmacology Teaching in 2021, the British Small Animal Veterinary Association Amoroso Award for Teaching in 2022, and the British Pharmacological Society Rang Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching in 2024. Dr Hawes is active in Health Professions Education research.