Editorial Board

Clare Guilding is Director of Education at Newcastle University School of Medicine, UK. She supports pharmacology education through her work as Chair of IUPHAR’s Education Section and as Deputy Vice President (Academic Development) of the British Pharmacological Society (BPS). Clare played a key role in developing The BPS’s undergraduate pharmacology curriculum and Newcastle University’s Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescribing curriculum. Her medical education research interests lie in curriculum development and innovations in teaching. Clare places a high value on interactivity and clinical fidelity in teaching and has a keen interest in simulation and interprofessional education. Her innovations in pharmacology education have been recognised both nationally and internationally.

Gavin Dawe is Head of Department and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), Singapore. He received his BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh (UK), his PhD in Pharmacology from King’s College London (UK), and his Master’s in Medical and Health Professions Education from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA (USA). At NUS Medicine, he currently serves as Director of the second year undergraduate medical curriculum and as a member of the Curriculum Implementation Taskforce, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Assessment Committee, Medical Education Technology Enterprise Committee, Collaborative Learning Cases Committee, Continuing Education Training Workgroup, and Taskforce for Future Enhancement to the Curriculum. He teaches Pharmacology to Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Life Science students.

Dr. Kelly Karpa is a pharmacist and a pharmacologist.  She served as director of Medical Pharmacology Instruction at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine between 2008-2022 and was assistant dean of Interprofessional Education and Director of the Office for Inter-professional Collaborative Education and Teamwork at the medical school until 2022. Dr. Karpa has authored a book about dietary supplements entitled Bacteria for Breakfast: Probiotics for Good Health and is co-author of two editions of the pharmacology textbook Elsevier’s Integrated Pharmacology. She is a Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar who has developed inter-professional clinical pharmacology curricula and has a passion for helping students transition from having “head” knowledge of drug facts to applying pharmacologic principles to maximize safe and effective use of medications. She is currently a professor and associate dean at East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine.

John Peters is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Dundee. He is currently active in the teaching of Pharmacology and Physiology to undergraduate students of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, in addition to contributing to post-graduate medical teaching in Neuropharmacology (Psychiatry). He received his B.Sc. in Neurobiology from the University of Sussex and Ph.D in Zoology (specialising in Neuropharmacology) from the University of Nottingham. At the University of Dundee he has served as Degree Convenor for B.Sc. degrees in Pharmacology and Neuroscience and as Associate Dean for Biomedical Science Education. He is a co-editor of the NC-IUPHAR/British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) Guide to Pharmacology and has acted in a similar role in its predecessors published by Trends in Pharmacology Sciences (TiPS) and the BJP. He is currently a member of the Committee of NC-IUPHAR. His research interests have focused upon molecular and cellular aspects of the operation and function of transmitter-gated ion channels of the Cys-loop family. He is a joint recipient of the Novartis (formerly Sandoz) and Rang Prizes of the British Pharmacological Society (BPS). At the University of Dundee, he has been awarded Prizes for ‘Excellence in Teaching and Supporting Learning’ and for ‘Continuing Excellence in Medical Education’ and in a pastoral role as student nominated ‘Best Student Advisor (2013)’.

Zoltan Varga is a Senior Research Associate and Vice Director at the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy of the Medical Faculty of Semmelweis University. He is also Secretary of Educational Affairs of the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. He graduated in 2009 (M.D.), received his Ph.D degree in 2013, and took up his position at the Semmelweis University in 2011. Dr. Varga is currently active in teaching of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology in Hungarian, and English languages for medical and dental students, and he is also involved in postgraduate pharmacology courses and training. He did his postdoctoral training at the NIH from 2015-2018. He is currently a leader of the Cardiometabolic Immunology Research Group of the Hungarian Center of Excellence in Molecular Medicine at the Semmelweis University and the Momentum Cardio-oncology and Cardioimmunology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research covers areas of molecular cardiology, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular immunology and pharmacology, and cardiotoxicity, placing special emphasis on studying the role of microRNAs, and inflammatory interorgan interactions in these disease states.