Frank Woods (pharmacologist)
Professor Hubert Frank Woods CBE, FRCP, FRCPE, FFPM, FMedSci (1937-2016), known as Frank, was a British pharmacologist.
Professor Frank Woods | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hubert Frank Woods 1937 |
| Died | January 2016 (aged 78–79) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist |
| Employer | University of Sheffield |
| Known for | Clinical and Biochemical Aspects of Lactic Acidosis (1976)[1][2] Cohen-Woods classification |
He was appointed professor of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Sheffield in 1976.[3] In 1989 he became Sir George Franklin professor of medicine and was made the University's director of the division of clinical sciences (south).[3] He was dean of the faculty of medicine there from 1988 to 1998.[3]
He served as chair of the General Medical Council's Health Committee, and sat on the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2001 Birthday Honours, for services to the latter.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998,[5] a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.[3]
He died in January 2016.[5]
References
- Williams, Roger (25 September 1976). "Review of Clinical and Biochemical Aspects of Lactic Acidosis by R. D. Cohen and H. F. Woods". Br Med J. 2 (6038): 762. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.6038.762-c. PMC 1688799.
- Baron, D. N. (January 1977). "Review of Clinical and Biochemical Aspects of Lactic Acidosis". J Clin Pathol. 30 (1): 92. doi:10.1136/jcp.30.1.92-d. PMC 476665.
- Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2008). Clinical Pharmacology in the UK, c. 1950-2000: Influences and institutions. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-117-2. OL 27024688M. Wikidata Q29581757.
- "No. 56237". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 2001. p. 9.
- "Deceased Fellows". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links
- Frank Woods on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- Wellcome Trust Course Oral History Interviews in three parts (around two hours in all)
- - Frank Woods (G 51-57).html St Beghian Society obituary