Dr Samir Ayoub, University of East London At the University of East London (UEL), we successfully ran this year’s Pharmacology Summer School for Year 12 students on 27–28 June. This hands-on…
At school, my ambition was to enter a career in art. I spent a lot of my youth on art retreats, attending painting classes and generally taking every opportunity to learn new creative practices.…
The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) is the primary UK learned society concerned with the science of drugs and their use as medicines and therapeutics, as well as tools in scientific discovery.…
The careers of most academic pharmacologists follow linear pathways: typically, a BSc degree (possibly with a Masters), a PhD, a period of post-doctoral research training, then a lectureship and…
Can you tell us a bit about the path you took to get to the BPS, and your different roles at the Society? I started my working life as an actor. I did pretty well (I think!) but it’s a tough life…
There is a pervasive idea of a ‘gender gap’ in hypertension and cardiovascular disease, with the general perception being that women are less likely to experience these problems than men. On the face…
As the British Pharmacological Society’s Ambassador for Ireland, one of my key advocacy and outreach activities is hosting the annual University College Dublin (UCD) Inherited Blindness Summer…
What is your background and career pathway to date? I was born and raised in North East London – all right, Essex – where my education began at local state schools. My academic career, which is…
For the first time in 20 years, the Physiological Society’s annual meeting returned to Aberdeen, and the ‘granite city’ provided an excellent venue for the event. Of the 18 symposia delivered on 8–10…
The first meeting of The Platelet Society took place at Jesus College, Cambridge on 12–13 September 2019. When I agreed to host the meeting, I was keen to use the occasion to promote pharmacology in…
