Honorary Fellowship is the highest honour that the Society bestows. It is awarded to senior members (or exceptionally to non-members) distinguished by their sustained leadership role in science. This Directory has been created to increase the visibility of our Honorary Fellows and their contributions, and to support networking by providing a useful resource for members to connect with Honorary Fellows with similar areas of interest.
Here you can find profiles of each Honorary Fellow, including information on their institutional affiliation, year elected, primary professional setting, Affinity Group membership, along with a short biography.
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Barry Potter is Emeritus Professor of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry at Oxford and Fellow of University College.
Current Positions:Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of EdinburghRetired Consultant Physician, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary & Western General Hospital EdinburghEducation:University of Cambridge, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, LondonDegrees & Qualifications:MA, MB, BChir, MD (Cantab), FRCPE, FRCP, DPCPSA FFPM, FRSE, Honours & Awards:1978 British Pharmacological Society Lilly Prize in Clinical Pharmacology1989 Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh1998 Diploma in Clinical Pharmacology Honoris Causa2000 Cullen Prize, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh2009 Honorary Fellow, British Pharmacological Society2009 Honorary Member, Swedish Association for Clinical PharmacologyProfessional Interests:Drug Absorption, Disposition and Interactions.
Smita is a neuropharmacologist with over 25 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.
After qualifying in medicine at University College London, and with a MSc in pharmacology, I moved to Oxford as Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology, later becoming University Lecturer and Medical Sciences Fellow at Lincoln College.
Medical School and MD in Freiburg, Germany (1963-1969; Stretch-induced automaticity in primate myocardium)After internship in Berlin, postdoc and ‘Habilitation’ in Pharmacology at the University of Kiel (1979: Relationship between shape of the cardiac action potential and contractile force).
Jim trained in pharmacology under Humphrey Rang in WDM Paton’s department, where they discovered a new kind of drug antagonism, characterised by increased block when certain antagonists were co-administered with agonist.