Tom Blackburn
FBPharmacolS,
FRSB (born 1949) is a British industrial
pharmacologist.
Blackburn studied at both the
University of Nottingham and
Manchester University, and worked as a senior manager at
ICI Pharmaceuticals
ICI or Ici may refer to:
Companies and organisations
* ICI Homes, builder, Florida. US
* Former UK Imperial Chemical Industries
** ICI Australia, later Orica
* Independent Curators International, New York City, US
* Indian Concrete Institute
* I ...
,
Beecham Pharmaceuticals SmithKline Beecham,
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation
Synaptic may refer to:
* Synapse, part of the nervous system
* Synaptic (software), a Linux graphical package management program
* Synaptics, a semiconductor manufacturer
* ''Synaptics'' (Mouse on Mars EP), 2017
See also
* Synapse (disambiguati ...
and
Helicon Therapeutics.
He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, reviews and book chapters and holds over 20 patents.
He is President Emeritus of the
British Pharmacological Society and is a member of the
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Founded in 1961, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) is a professional organization of leading brain and behavior scientists. The principal functions of the college are research and education. Their goals in research are to offe ...
.
He was elected an Honorary
Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society
The British Pharmacological Society is the primary UK learned society for Pharmacology, pharmacologists concerned with research into drugs and the way they work. Members work in academia, industry, regulatory agencies and the health services, and ...
(Hon FBPharmacolS) in 2014 and is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).
References
External links
*
* - conducted by Professor
Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 22 February 2016 (seven parts)
1949 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British pharmacologists
Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology
Honorary Fellows of the British Pharmacological Society
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
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