The British Pharmacological Society is leading Clinical Pharmacology Week from 6th to 12th October 2019 and is encouraging members and the public to get involved. The week is part of a broader…
Despite attending many conferences during our time in academia, the work that goes into organising these events remained a mystery. When the call for proposals for the Young Life Scientists’ (YLS)…
Increasing health span has been adopted as a policy objective by the UK Government in the Industrial Strategy’s "Ageing Society" Grand Challenge, which aims to ensure that people can…
Despite living in a generation that is more expressive and open to change, male infertility is still quite a taboo subject, making it an under-acknowledged problem. Approximately 1 in 20 men have a…
The Policy and Public Engagement Committee is pleased to welcome five new Ambassadors who will be sharing their enthusiasm for pharmacology and representing the Society. The Ambassadors, from a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
