Staff

Investigators across Edinburgh University apply the principles of modern pharmacology to specialist fields of biomedicine, including cancer, cardiovascular science, metabolic disease, immunology, neuroscience (such as analgesia and dementia) and toxicology.

 

Name

Title 

A

 
Dr Ahsan Akram

Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow

Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Centre for Inflammation Research

Professor Ruth Andrew

Personal Chair of Pharmaceutical Endocrinology

Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

Dr Sally Argyle

Senior Lecturer

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

B

 
Professor Andrew Baker

BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences

Gustav Born Chair of Vascular Biology

Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Professor Val Brunton 

Chair of Cancer Therapeutics

Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre

C

 
Professor Neil Carragher

Professor of Drug Discovery

Institute of Genetics and Cancer

Professor Eddie Clutton

Personal Chair of Veterinary Anaesthesiology

The Roslin Institute

Chief Scientific Officer

National Phenotypic Screening Centre (NPSC)

D

 
Dr James Dear

Reader in Clinical Toxicology, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics

Centre for Cardiovascular Science

E

 
Professor Michael Eddleston

Personal Chair of Clinical Toxicology

Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Professor Mark Evans

Professor of Cellular Pharmacology

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

F

 

Professor Sue Fleetwood-Walker

 

Chair of Sensory Neuroscience

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

G

 
Dr Gillian Gray

Reader

Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

H

 
Dr Patrick Hadoke 

Reader

Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

Professor Giles Hardingham

City of Edinburgh Professor of Pharmacology

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

Associate Director, UK Dementia Research Institute

L

 
Dr Phil LarkmanDirector, Biomedical Teaching Organisation
Dr Dawn Livingstone

Lecturer

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

Centre for Cardiovascular Science

M

 
Professor Richard Meehan

Group Leader

MRC Human Genetics Unit

Dr Rory Mitchell

Senior Lecturer

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

O

 
Dr Henry Olverman 

Senior Lecturer

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

P

 
Dr Adam Pawson

Database curator of International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

R

 
Professor Adriano Rossi

Chair of Respiratory and Inflammation Pharmacology

MRC Centre for Inflammation Research

S

 
Dr Paul Skehel

Senior Lecturer

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

Dr Lesley Stark

Principal Investigator and Reader

Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre

Institute of Genetics and Cancer

Dr Stefan Symeoninides

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology

Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre

Institute of Genetics and Cancer

T

 
Dr Dorothy Tse

Senior Postdoctoral Fellow

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

U

 
Professor Asier Unciti-Broceta

Personal Chair of Medicinal Chemistry

Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer

W

 
Professor David Webb

Christison Chair of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Centre for Cardiovascular Science

Ex-President of the British Pharmacological Society

Professor Scott Webster

Personal Chair of Medicines Discovery

Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

Professor David Wyllie

Professor of Ion Channel Physiology and Pharmacology

Director, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

 

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