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Hello everyone. I am your course director and co-creator of the Clinical Pharmacology degree.  According to Professor Greenwood (see his profile) I am the ‘ying’ to his ‘yang’, by which I think he means I am serious and he is funny! I trained as a doctor in Edinburgh, then did a PhD in Manchester, before completing my medical training with clinical pharmacology at St George’s. I celebrated my 25th anniversary of working here this August (2020). I love working at St George’s because it is friendly and allows me to work with great people like the course team and you students. My current role is as Professor of Clinical Pharmacology. My credentials for leading your course are 30 years of experience in research into areas relevant to the degree including disease mechanisms, drug actions and clinical trials. My favourite bit of research is analysing data and – as your module lead for Data and Statistics – I hope to get you excited about this too. I love teaching and developing courses, which I have done throughout my time at St George’s, and am a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education academy. As a doctor I work in St George’s Hospital next to the University, where my roles include direct patient care, management and policy, all aiming to make sure that patients get the best medicines. When I’m not juggling all that, you’ll find me painting, playing golf or spending time with my large family, including my 9 fabulous nieces and nephews.

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Hi, my name is Iain Greenwood, I am the deputy director and co-creator of the Clinical Pharmacology Degree. I am the ‘yang’ to Prof Baker’s ‘ying’. My title at St George’s, Professor of Vascular Pharmacology, reflects my research activity, which since my PhD in Manchester has been concerned with the regulation of smooth muscle function. I have published over 100 research papers and received funding from various agencies including the MRC, BBSRC and the British Heart Foundation. I came to St George’s in 1994 but I worked in Montreal for 4 months in 1998 and all of 2001 in Reno, Nevada USA. I have contributed to many of the St George’s degree courses and leapt at the chance to build a brand-new degree when offered the chance in 2017. I enjoy interacting with students and I believe learning should be fun. So, you’ll usually find me whistling, listening to music or trying to get snacks incorporated into anything. I love a pun too so prepare youself for anecdotes, analogies and awful word play.

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I am a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology within the Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education at St George's.  I am an experienced educator, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and have had significant input into the design, development and delivery of the new BSc (Hons) in Clinical Pharmacology.  In addition to lecturing on the course, I am also the module lead for the module Pharmacodynamics and the course careers and placements liaison.  Additionally, I contribute to the BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science and the Pharmacy MPharm.   My interests include teaching pharmacology (in many of its different shapes and forms) and finding out more about the biological basis of schizophrenia.  Indeed, I pioneered the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to aid in the development of new drugs for the treatment of this disease.  Outside of work I can usually be found pedalling around on my mountain bike, plucking away on my favourite Jazz Bass, or reading a good book,

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Hi guys, I’m Chris. I am an Honorary Clinical Lecturer and I lead the Drugs in Healthcare module.  I’ve been a core member of the Clinical Pharmacology BSc team since we started designing it several years ago.  I also teach medical students and junior doctors.

In addition to teaching, I work as a doctor at St George’s Hospital.  My main interest is in polypharmacy (taking lots of prescribed medicines).  I run a clinic to see patients with polypharmacy to make sure they are taking the most appropriate medicines.  I also work in Acute Medicine as a medical registrar, seeing sick patients in A&E and during the first couple of days of their hospital stay.  I love the varied nature of this job: the opportunity to see some weird and wonderful diagnoses and help people get on the road to recovery.  I use my experience working in hospitals to provide some real-life examples of pharmacology in action during the Clinical Pharmacology BSc.  I am also a member of the Clinical Committee of the British Pharmacological Society and I work hard to encourage more people to join the exciting field of clinical pharmacology.

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Hello Clin Pharmers! I’m Jen and I am the module leader for Fundamentals of Science and you see me in your small group sessions, lab practicals and sometimes in Pharmacodynamic or Data and Stats too! I did a BSc in Physiology at Dundee University and a PhD at Queen’s University in Belfast and was a post-doctoral researcher at St George’s for 6 years before becoming a lecturer. I am a lab based researcher and work on finding out how blood vessels work and what happens when something wrong, for example when people develop high blood pressure. My research has taken me to work in labs in Israel, Canada and Australia but London is by far my favourite place to work and live. I look forward to meeting you all and I’ll see you soon and we can start putting the “Fun” into Fundamentals of Science!

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Hi. I’m Azara (pronounced Azra) and am the module lead for the skills portfolio. You will see me in your small group and clinical skills sessions. I’ll also be giving you some lectures during the course. I am one of the personal tutors on the BSc and some of you will be by tutees. I’m an NHS clinician and primarily work as a consultant in the Acute Medicine Unit in St George’s Hospital. I studied and trained as a medical doctor after training and working at UCL as a scientist. My PhD is in Biochemistry and Molecular biology and I worked on drug metabolising enzymes. I graduated with a BSc in biochemistry and zoology from University of Nairobi, Kenya.

My research and clinical interests include polypharmacy, pharmacogenetics and personalised medicine.

Outside of work I enjoy high altitude trekking and visiting challenging environments.

I look forward to meeting you all, both to help introduce the subject and to develop other interests you may have. We are all undergoing another learning curve of how to maintain education at the highest level during a pandemic and many novel and creative ways of doing so are emerging from both you as well as us. I look forward to hearing your ideas.

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Hello everyone, welcome to the course. I’m Dagan and I am the module lead for pharmacokinetics. I will also be personal tutor for some of you and you may see me pop up in the data and statistics module from time to time. I am an academic clinician. Half of my job is working as a consultant in intensive care in St George’s hospital and half of my time is spent working in the University on education and research. I hold a PhD in pharmacokinetic modelling of antimicrobials in critical illness and have an ongoing research interest in this area. My undergraduate and post-graduate training has been in London (UCL and St George’s) and Brisbane, Australia. I’m looking forward to meeting you all and understanding how you learn as we share this journey making you into the clinical pharmacologists of tomorrow.

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Hello everyone, I’m Drew and I am a Teaching Fellow on the Clinical Pharmacology BSc. I teach in the Drugs in Healthcare and Clinical Skills modules. I studied Graduate Entry Medicine at St George’s University and completed Foundation Training at Kingston hospital. Before studying medicine, I trained and worked as a Clinical Pharmacist at St Thomas’s hospital. My research and clinical interests include pharmacology, infection and neurology and I hope to specialise in Intensive Care Medicine in the future. I look forward to meeting you all and hope you enjoy the course!

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Hi everybody! My name is Dipender. I will be the hub tutor for some of you, and will also be helping with teaching for some aspects of the course. I'm a specialist registrar in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and General Internal Medicine at St. George's Hospital in Tooting. I have an interest in cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and also like reading about genetics. In my spare time I like to watch chess. My favourite chess player is Magnus Carlsen and in 2018 I was lucky enough to watch him play against Fabiano Carana in London for the World Chess Championship. The best bit was after Game 5 in the press conference, when Magnus said that his favourite player of all time was himself some years ago!

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I am a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology at St George’s University of London and I am the module lead for the drug development module in the Clinical Pharmacology BSc. In my clinical role, I am a Consultant Physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. I have a wide range of clinical and academic interests including cardiovascular medicine, clinical toxicology and the conduct of early phase clinical trials. I am an accredited first in human clinical trial principal investigator and I lead on commercial and non-commercial clinical trials at the MHRA accredited phase 1 unit at Guy’s Hospital. In my spare time, I enjoy gardening and building model railways and Lego with my children. I am really looking forward to meeting you on the course.

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Hi all! I am Fu, and I will be a hub tutor, and be involved with clinical projects. You will also see me in a variety of other roles here and there. I am a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology at St George's, and other half of my role is as an Acute Medicine Consultant. Although I have just started in this role in September 2020, I have been a student here too, so I know how you feel! In the past 3 years, I have been at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry with significant involvement in medical education. My PhD was related to molecular genetics in cardiovascular disease, and my research interests also span from as small as genetics and cell culture to as large as population-level studies, and more recently biomedical education. My spare (ha!) time is now spent with my amazing toddler and family. I am looking forwards to being part of your journey to being Clinical Pharmacologists and beyond.

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Dr Lila Mayahi  BSc , PhD, FRCP

Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

I work in the NHS as a clinician and also collaboratively with Pharmacists to improve the appropriate use of medicines in the wider healthcare set up.

I teach undergraduate Clinical Pharmacology and medical students,  post graduate junior doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

By being a tutor/ mentor and an educational supervisor  to under and postgraduate students, I  provide  pastoral and academic support  and share their journeys with them.

I come from a minority ethnic background and am passionate about equality and diversity, and proud to be working at St Georges where everyone is given an equal opportunity and partnership in all that we do.

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Hello everyone, I will be your Course Administrator for the year ahead and look forward to meeting you all soon.  Starting Uni can be an anxious and confusing time so don't hesitate to reach out for help whenever you need it. I have an MA in English Literature from Durham University and previously worked in health-related roles (Health Policy postgraduate and medical undergraduate) at LSE and UCL. I come from beautiful Goa but grew up locally and St George's is a place I've known for most of my life.  I'm sometimes here at the weekends as a volunteer with the Spiritual Care team or playing the piano on the 3rd floor of Lanesborough Wing.  Once again, a very warm welcome and we're really glad to have you with us.  It's the heartfelt wish of your course team that in a few years' from now you will walk out of here with letters after your name and we're here to help you on the journey, starting today.