Richard Green (neuropharmacologist)
Professor Richard Green | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 77–78) |
| Died | Sept 2020 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Professor Richard Green (1944-2020) was a British neuropharmacologist.
Green obtained his PhD in 1969 under the supervision of , and then spent two years at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington DC.[1]
He then obtained a position at the Medical Research Council's Clinical Pharmacology Unit in Oxford, rising to become its Assistant Unit Director in 1981.[1]
He took up the role of Director of the in 1986. Ten years later he became Director of the Global Discovery CNS & Pain Control, for Astra.[1]
Upon formal retirement in 2007 he undertook psychopharmacology research as Honorary Professor of Neuropharmacology at the University of Nottingham.[1]
He was given his DSc by London University in 1988 and the 's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.[1]
He was a President Emeritus of the British Pharmacological Society, and was elected an Honorary Fellow by them in 2013, and was a former President of the Serotonin Club.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ "Professor Richard Green PhD DSc". British Pharmacological Society. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
External links[]
- Richard Green on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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