Professor Catherine Pang

Catherine Pang graduated with BSc and PhD from the University of Manitoba. She is currently Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.Catherine has been Director of the B.Sc. Pharmacology program at UBC for over 25 years, and was instrumental in starting the first B.Sc. co-op program within the Faculty of Medicine at UBC in 1996. The co-op program has enabled many students to obtain research training in academic and industrial laboratories nationally and internationally. She is a dedicated teacher and was awarded the 2011 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. She has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and a sole-authored book. The focus of her research is in cardiovascular pharmacology. Ten Ph.D. students have graduated under her supervision, and all have acquired senior positions in academia or the pharmaceutical industry. She has been active in pharmacology and cardiovascular societies, e.g., Secretary (1988-92), Vice President (1993-95) and President (1995-97) of the Pharmacological Society of Canada; Treasurer, Secretary & Organizer of symposia of Vancouver 2001 (a joint meeting of the British, Australasian and Canadian Pharmacological Societies).