Dr Humphrey Rang, FRS

Career: Univ of Oxford: J H Burn research fell Dept of Pharmacology 1961-64, research asst Dept of Pharmacology 1964-65, lectr 1965-72, fell and tutor in physiology Lincoln Coll 1967-72; prof of Pharmacology Univ of Southampton 1972-74; prof and head Dept of Pharmacology: St George's Hosp Med Sch London 1974-79, UCL 1979-83; dir Novartis Inst for Med Sciences (formerly Sandoz Inst for Med Research) 1983-97, head Scientific Advsy Bd Biofrontera AG 1997-2004; prof of pharmacology UCL 1995-2001, prof emeritus 2001-; visiting research assoc Dept of Pharmacology Albert Einstein Coll of Med NY USA 1966-67; organizing sec Symposia on Drug Action Biological Cncl 1979-84; conslt Sandoz Ltd Basle 1981-83; ed-in-chief Br Jl of Pharmacology 2005- (memb Editorial Bd 1968-74); memb Editorial Advsy Bd: Molecular Pharmacology 1975-90, Archives of Pharmacology 1977-95; memb: Neurosciences Bd MRC 1974-77, Ctee Br Pharmacological Soc 1977-80, Govt Grant Bd Royal Soc 1980-, Exec Ctee Int Congress of Pharmacology 1981-84, Senate Univ of London 1981-83, Wellcome Tst Neurosciences Panel 1988-90; Poulsson Medal Norwegian Pharmacological Soc 1994, Gaddum Medal Br Pharmacological Soc 1972; memb Academia Europaea 1991, hon memb Hungarian Pharmacological Soc 2006; FRS 1980, FMedSci 1997