Tom Blackburn (pharmacologist)

Tom Blackburn FBPharmacolS, FRSB (born 1949) is a British industrial pharmacologist.

Tom Blackburn

FBPharmacolS, FRSB
Born1949 (age 7071)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma mater
OccupationIndustrial pharmacologist
Employer
  • ICI Pharmaceuticals
  • Beecham Pharmaceuticals
  • SmithKline Beecham
  • Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation
  • Helicon Therapeutics

Blackburn studied at both the University of Nottingham and Manchester University, and worked as a senior manager at ICI Pharmaceuticals, Beecham Pharmaceuticals SmithKline Beecham, Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation and Helicon Therapeutics.[1]

He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, reviews and book chapters and holds over 20 patents.[1] He is President Emeritus of the British Pharmacological Society and is a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.[1]

He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society (Hon FBPharmacolS) in 2014 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).[2]

References

  1. Caroline Overy; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2013), Drugs Affecting 5-HT Systems, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-902238-87-9, Wikidata Q29581800
  2. "Dr Thomas Blackburn". British Pharmacological Society. Retrieved 3 August 2017.


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