Name:
Professor David Lambert FBPhS
Organisation:
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Year elected:
2018
Primary professional setting:
Academia
• Trained as a Biologist then did PhD in Diabetes Research (1987). • Post-doctoral ‘conversion’ to Pharmacology in Leicester with Prof SR Nahorski then moved to Anaesthesia Dept in Leicester in 1991 where I have been Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Full Professor.• My anaesthetic research interests are predominantly related to peptides and their receptors with emphasis on opioids/pain, cannabinoids and anaesthesia/sepsis and lately the cardiovascular peptide urotensin II. Publications include book on Ca2+ signalling protocols in 3rd edition and one patent. • Awarded Humphry Davy medal, an eponymous chair and Fellowship by election by Royal College of Anaesthetists. AAGBI Foundation award. Currently University of Leicester Doctoral College Director and Chair of the Board of British Journal of Anaesthesia.