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Prize

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Student Contribution to Pharmacology Prize.  
 
The prize enables universities in the UK and…

Clinical pharmacology

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is now leading the UK Pharmacogenetics & Stratified Medicine Network (UKPGx).

The UKPGx Network was set up…

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce its 2023 recipients of the Sir Colin Dollery Clinical Pharmacology Training Award.

The award provides a bursary…

Council

Applications are open to become the next President-elect for the Society, as well as opportunities to join Council as the Industry Trustee and…

Clinical pharmacology

The Medical Schools Council (MSC) and British Pharmacological Society (BPS) welcome the completion of an independent review of the Prescribing Safety…

Animal research

A hermit crab. Decapods include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns.

The Royal Society of Biology's Animal Sciences Group has put out a …

Prize

The Society is delighted to announce the winners of a number of prizes and awards for 2023. 

Our prizes and awards are designed to recognise the…

Press releases

On 25 May 2023 the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced a package of investment for the UK’s life sciences. As part of this, Lord O’Shaughnessy has…

 

 

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) has congratulated four of its members who have been elected as Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the…

Press releases

The Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences have developed a policy briefing to inform an upcoming debate in Parliament on access to psilocybin…

Blog

Read the opinions, perspectives and insights from our members in the blog. 

 

Much of the research carried out by pharmacology students, including undergraduate dissertations, goes unnoticed by the wider student network. We…

Reflections from the EPHAR Summer School - July 2026

This summer, I travelled to Ankara to attend the EPHAR (Federation of European…

 

By Kenneth Bitrus David (Kaduna State University, Nigeria)

Kenneth Bitrus David is an educator and researcher with a strong interest in…

Pharmacology Matters

Read the latest articles from Pharmacology Matters, the Society's free digital magazine. 

 

 

The launch of a new preclinical training resource: the e-learning module on Sample Sizes and Statistical Power 

The British Pharmacological…

Publishing

Dr Maheen Wahid is a medical doctor and final year PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde. 

She completed an MBBS and MPhil in Pharmacology in…

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