Sussan Nourshargh is a British immunologist, pharmacologist, and professor of microvascular pharmacology and immunopharmacology. She founded the Centre for Microvascular research at Queen Mary University.
Sussan Nourshargh | |
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| Education | University College London |
| Occupation | Professor of Microvascular Pharmacology |
Career
editSussan Nourshargh studied pharmacology (BSc) at University College London and did her PhD at King's College London.[1]
Nourshargh held a post-doctoral research scientist post in vascular biology at MRC Clinical Sciences Centre,[2] London between 1986-1988. In 1988 she became a senior lecturer within the department of Applied Pharmacology at the National Heart and Lung Institute,[3] part of Imperial College London.
In 2006 Nourshargh became a professor of immunopharmacology at Imperial College London, a year later she founded the Centre for Microvascular Research[4] within the William Harvey Research Institute[5] at Queen Mary University.
Awards
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- 2016: The Gabor Kaley Prize in Microcirculation Research from the American Societies of Physiology and Microcirculation.
- 2014: The Astra Zeneca Prize for Women in Pharmacology from the British Pharmacology Society.
- 2001: Quintiles Prize for outstanding contribution to Immunopharmacology from the British Pharmacology Society.
Fellowships
edit- 2012: Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award.
- 2012: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
- 2010: Fellow of the Society of Biology.
- 2005: Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society.
- 1996: Wellcome Trust University Award.
- 1990: Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship.
Memberships
edit- 2015 - current: British Heart Foundation Board of Trustees and Advisory Council[6]
- 2015-2018: Wellcome Trust’s Biomedical Resources & Multi-User Equipment Committee
- 2015-2017: Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Panel
- 2012-2017: Chair and Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences Committee (SC3) for selection of new fellows
- 2014-2016: Royal Society’s Newton Advanced Fellowship Panel
- 2011-2014: British Heart Foundation Fellowship Committee
- 2012-2016: Wellcome Trust’s Peer Review College
- 2007-2016: Treasurer of the UK Adhesion Society
- 2013 - current: Editor, European Journal of Immunology[7]
- 2010-2013: Editor, British Journal of Pharmacology
References
edit- ^ "Nourshargh, Sussan - The William Harvey Research Institute - Barts and The London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences". LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "National Heart and Lung Institute". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Centre for Microvascular Research - The William Harvey Research Institute - Barts and The London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "WHRI - The William Harvey Research Institute - Barts and The London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". www.bhf.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "European Journal of Immunology". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2020-02-27.