Name:
Professor David Back FBPhS
Organisation:
The University of Liverpool
Year elected:
2015
Primary professional setting:
David Back is Professor (Emeritus) of Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool and has been at the forefront of studies on Pharmacokinetics and drug–drug interactions of some key areas of drug therapy including oral contraceptives, anti-HIV drugs and drugs for treatment of Hepatitis C. David has authored ~450 publications. He is a former Editor in chief of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. He has established several key resources for health care professionals including www.hiv-druginteractions.org, www.hep-druginteractions.org, www.cancer-druginteractions.org. In 2007 he was awarded the Lilly Prize from the British Pharmacological Society for outstanding contribution to Clinical Pharmacology and in 2015 a Lifetime achievement award from EACS.