Prof Gary F. Baxter - B Pharm, MSc, PhD, DSc, MRPharmS, FBPharmacolS, FIBiol, FESC, FAHA,
I originally qualified in pharmacy at the University of Nottingham (B.Pharm.) and The Royal London Hospital (M.R.Pharm.S.). After a short period spent in clinical practice in hospitals in East Anglia, I undertook research training in experimental pharmacology in London and Leicester (M.Sc., Ph.D.). My Ph.D., undertaken in the laboratory of Professor Basil Northover, was awarded in 1992 for studies on modulation of ischaemia- and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy.
I was previously British Heart Foundation intermediate research fellow, at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute and the Department of Physiology, UCL, mentored by Professor Derek Yellon. After periods spent in the laboratory of Dr Jim Downey and Dr Michael Cohen at the University of South Alabama Medical College, USA, and with Professor Lionel Opie at the Ischaemic Heart Disease Research Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, I was appointed Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at UCL (2000-2001). I was then appointed Reader in Cardiovascular Biology at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London (2002-2007) prior to moving to Cardiff University as Professor of Pharmacology in April 2007.
I was the recipient of the British Pharmacological Society's Bowman Prize in 1996. I have been elected to Fellowships of the Institute of Biology, the British Pharmacological Society, the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. Since 2003, I have served as European Secretary of the International Society for Heart Research and I am a current member of the editorial boards of several international journals including Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Heart, Basic Research in Cardiology, and Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. I also serve on the College of Experts for the Physiological Systems and Clinical Sciences panel of the Medical Research Council.
(AND FINALLY...When I am not working, I am an organ anorak and am either playing the organ, listening to one, or dreaming about pipes, pistons and drawstops. So here are some links related to my passion for the "Wondrous Machine"....)