British Pharmacological Society

The British Pharmacological Society is the primary UK learned society for pharmacologists, concerned with research into drugs and the ways in which they work. Members work in academia, industry, regulatory agencies, and the health services, and many are medically qualified. The Society covers the whole spectrum of pharmacology, including laboratory, clinical, and toxicological aspects.[1]

British Pharmacological Society
British Pharmacological Society
Formation1931 (1931)
PurposePharmacology
Region
United Kingdom

Clinical pharmacology is the medical speciality dedicated to promoting safe and effective use of medicines for patient benefit. Many clinical pharmacologists work as consultants in the National Health Service and many hold prominent positions in UK universities.[2]

History

The Society was founded in 1931, in Oxford, by a group of about 20 pharmacologists.[3] They were brought together on the initiative of Professor James Andrew Gunn, through a letter signed by Gunn, H.H. Dale, and W.E. Dixon, and sent to the heads of university departments of pharmacology and of institutions for pharmacological research in Great Britain, with proposals for the formation of a pharmacological club. There were favorable replies to this letter, and most of the recipients met in Wadham College on the evening of 3 July 1931, the day before the meeting of the Physiological Society. Gunn presided over the meeting. It was agreed that a Society should be founded to meet at least once a year for the reading of papers on pharmacological subjects and discussion of questions of teaching and publications and to promote friendly relations between pharmacologists.[4][5]

The first female member of the society was Mary Pickford (1935), and other early, eminent women members included Marthe Vogt and Edith Bülbring.[6]

Publications

The British Pharmacological Society publishes several works that promote pharmacology:

Presidents

Secretary and Treasurer

Secretary

  • 1947 - G. Brownlee
  • 1952 - D. R. Wood
  • 1955 - M. Weatherall
  • 1956 - D. R. Wood
  • 1957 - W.L. M. Perry
  • 1961 - J. D. P. Graham

General Secretary

  • 1968 - J. P. Quilliam
  • 1971 - John R. Vane
  • 1974 - J. F. Mitchell
  • 1977 - G. P. Lewis
  • 1980 - A. M. Barrett
  • 1983 - T. Birmingham
  • 1986 - G. N. Woodruff
  • 1989 - A. R. Green
  • 1992 - J. Maclagan
  • 1995 - N.G. Bowery
  • 1998 - T. P. Blackburn

President

  • 1999 - Norman G. Bowery
  • 2001 - Rod. J. Flower
  • 2004 - Julia C. Buckingham
  • 2006 - Graeme Henderson
  • 2008 - Jeffrey K. Aronson
  • 2010 - Raymond G. Hill
  • 2012 - Philip A. Routledge
  • 2014 - Humphrey P. Rang
  • 2016 - David Webb
  • 2018 - Stephen Hill
  • 2020 - Munir Pirmohamed
  • 2022 - Clive Page

Eminent pharmacologists

The society elects eminent, deceased contributors to the subject of pharmacology, whether or not they were members, to the Pharmacology Hall of Fame:[12]

Members of the society awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine include Black, Dale and Vane.

Fellows of the society

Fellowships (FBPhS) of the society are awarded to members who have made significant contributions to both the study of pharmacology and the Society.[15] A full list of Fellows is available here.[16] Honorary Fellowships (HonFBPhS) are awarded to member or non-members for distinguished and sustained leadership role in Pharmacology. Fellows and Honorary Fellows use the post-nominal FBPhS. Notable current honorary fellows include:

  • Jeffrey K Aronson, President Emeritus and former editor-in-chief, British Journal of Cinical Pharmacology
  • Y S Bakhle
  • Sir Peter Barnes
  • Michael Berridge#
  • Dame Kate Bingham
  • Thomas Blackburn
  • Susan Brain
  • Sir Mark Caulfield, Chief Scientist for Genomics England
  • Judy MacArthur Clark[17]
  • Sir Rory Collins
  • David Colquhoun
  • John H. Coote
  • Dame Sally Davies[18]
  • Sir Gordon Duff
  • Robin E Ferner
  • Garret A. FitzGerald[19]
  • Roderick Flower, President Emeritus
  • Sir Charles George
  • Dame Sarah Gilbert
  • Graeme Henderson, President Emeritus
  • Raymond Hill,[20] President Emeritus
  • Stephen Hill, President Emeritus
  • David Lawson
  • Hilary Little
  • Ian McGrath, former editor-in-chief, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Sir Salvador Moncada
  • David Nutt
  • Sir Munir Pirmohamed, President Emeritus, President, Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Dame Nancy Rothwell
  • Philip Routledge, Forner Chairman, All Wales Medicines Strategy Group
  • Sir Patrick Vallance, former Chief Scientific Adviser, UK Government
  • Tom Walley, former Director, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
  • David Webb, President Emeritus
  • Sir Christopher Whitty, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), England, and Chief Medical Adviser, UK Government
  • Sir Kent Woods, former Director of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme, Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and Chairman of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency

See also

References
  1. Aronson, JK (2004). "On the waterfront—the breadth and depth of clinical pharmacology". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 57 (6): 693–4 – via Google Scholar.
  2. Aronson, JK (2012). "What do clinical pharmacologists do? A questionnaire survey of senior UK clinical pharmacologists". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 73 (2): 161–9 – via PubMed.
  3. Bynum, W.F. (1981). An early history of the British Pharmacological Society. [Nottingham]: British Pharmacological Society. ISBN 978-0950887708.
  4. British Pharmacological Society. "About the BPS". British Pharmacological Society. Archived from the original on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  5. British Pharmacological Society. "An Early History of the British Pharmacological Society" (PDF). British Pharmacological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  6. Green, AR (Mar 2006). "A brief history of British Pharmacological Society meetings". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 27 (3): 177–81. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2006.01.001. PMID 16458980.
  7. blackwellpublishing. "British Journal of Pharmacology". British Pharmacological Society. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  8. blackwellpublishing. "British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology". blackwellpublishing. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  9. blackwellpublishing. "British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology". blackwellpublishing. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  10. British Pharmacological Society. "pA2 online". pA2 online. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  11. British Pharmacological Society. "Pharmacology Matters". British Pharmacological Society. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071742/http://www.bps.ac.uk/details/resourcesPage/4972481/Pharmacology-Hall-of-Fame.html?cat=bps13f9aa403f8
  13. https://www.bps.ac.uk/about/about-pharmacology/pharmacology-hall-of-fame/articles/bill-bowman
  14. https://www.bps.ac.uk/about/about-pharmacology/pharmacology-hall-of-fame/articles/sir-derrick-dunlop
  15. "Fellowship". British Pharmacological Society. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  16. "Fellows". British Pharmacological Society. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  17. Annual Review 2016. British Pharmacological Society. 2016.
  18. "Professor Sally Davies FRS FMedSci". BPS. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  19. "Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS, Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by British Pharmacological Society". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  20. "Professor Raymond Hill". BPS. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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