Pharmacology Matters

Trans and gender diverse people in the UK are in the midst of a national healthcare crisis. The NHS currently has a maximum waiting time for…

The fourth Pharmacology Matters Writing Competition for early career pharmacologists* (ECPs) is now open.

This is a fantastic opportunity to have…

Pedagogy refers to the act of academic teaching, allowing students to learn through transforming experience into knowledge. A typical pedagogical…

The Vacation Studentship encourages undergraduates to take pharmacology as a specialism. Winners receive up to £1,850 for up to ten weeks to help…

Pharmacology Matters is the product of hard work from our fantastic Editorial Board, led by our Editor in Chief and Deputy Editor in Chief.

In…

Women’s health is a global priority. The legacy of undervaluing women has resulted in less funding for women’s health research, and thus a data and…

As President of the World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 2023 (WCP2023), I am excited to welcome delegates from across the globe to…

A new funding requirement from the Medical Research Council (MRC) came into play from September 2022, necessitating that both sexes are incorporated…

My first professional encounter with Pharmacology Matters was when I was invited to contribute an article to a GPCR-themed edition of the magazine as…

Professor Paul White, interviewed by Dr Aisah Aubdool.
 

 
What is your background and career pathway to date? 

I did a BSc, then a PhD in…

Background and Context

The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) launched its Core Curriculum for Undergraduate Pharmacology in 2016 as a series of…

On 12 May 2022, the British Pharmacological Society launched the latest free-to-use undergraduate eLearning resource on the topic of Experimental…

The Problem

Medicines cause over 1,700 preventable deaths annually in England alone, with drug errors affecting around 20% of patients after hospital…

“Herbalism is not real medicine, why are you researching that?” 

This was one of the responses I received when I spoke about my final year research…

Pharmacology continues to grow as a discipline, playing a vital role in medicine as we strive to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. In…

Context 

The term ‘research models’ encompasses a breadth of possible approaches used in both fundamental research and drug development from in…

The recent rebranding of Facebook to Meta signalled the company’s focus on investment in the Metaverse (or Omniverse if you are following NVIDIA’s…

Dr James Curneen, University College Hospital Galway, Ireland.
 

I am delighted and privileged to have been the first recipient of the International…

The Clinical Pharmacology Colloquium first met in Dyffryn, St. Nicholas, South Wales in November 1981. At that time, it was known as the South-West…

Pharmacology Matters is delighted again to hold the annual Junior Science Writing Competition. The competition was for those between 7-11 years old…