WCP2023 International Scientific Committee
The WCP2023 International Scientific Committee has been established to oversee the delivery of high-quality scientific content for WCP2023, using resources provided by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) who hosted the event on behalf of IUPHAR. The committee provides scientific expertise in the planning of the congress by reviewing and resourcing content, including session submissions, speakers and abstracts.
Professor David Webb
Christison Chair of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh; WCP2023 President
Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
Professor of Vascular Pharmacology, Co-Director of The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London; WCP2023 Secretary-General
Professor Karen Barnes
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town; Founding Director of MRC Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy (CCOAT); Director of Pharmacology, Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN)
Professor Ingolf Cascorbi
Professor of Pharmacology, University of Kiel; President of the International Union for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Co-Director of The William Harvey Research Institute; Queen Mary University of London; Chief Scientist for Genomics England; President-elect of the British Pharmacological Society
Professor Arthur Christopoulos
Professor of Analytical Pharmacology and Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
Dr. Garret A FitzGerald
Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)
Professor Kathleen M. Giacomini
Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Dr Karen Gregory
Australian Research Council Future Fellow; Monash University
Dr Clare Guilding
Dean of Academic Affairs, Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia
Professor Alberto Mantovani
Professor of Pathology, State University of Milan; Scientific Director, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Health Care (IRCCS)
Professor Shuh Narumiya
Professor and Director, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University; WCP2018 Past-President
Professor Daniele Piomelli
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM)
Professor Duncan Richards
Climax Professor of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Oxford; Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)
Professor Caroline Samer
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva; Head of the Pharmacogenetics and Personalized Therapy Unit, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG); Chair of the Clinical division of the International Union for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
Professor Arun Shukla
Associate Professor & Joy Gill Chair, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; EMBO Young Investigator; Senior Fellow, DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance
Dr Janet Woodcock
Principal Deputy Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Professor Mauro Teixeira
Professor of Immunology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Professor Baofeng Yang
Professor & Director of Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University; Board Chairman, Chinese Cardiovascular Pharmacologic Society; Vice President, Chinese Medical Association
