Name:
Professor Cherry Wainwright FBPhS
Organisation:
Robert Gordon University
Year elected:
2005
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Cherry Wainwright is the lead in Cardiometabolic Health Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Natural Products in Health in the School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Prof Wainwright’s research focuses on mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology and the identification of novel therapeutic targets of cardiovascular diseases. Of particular interest is target validation, through evaluation of the role of endogenous biological mediators in myocardial and vascular injury, and the identification of natural-product-derived compounds as cardio- and vasculo-protective substances. Prof Wainwright is a Fellow and Deputy Vice President (Meetings) of the Society and a member of the IUPGAR Natural Products Section Committee.