UK Pharmacologist Amrita Ahluwalia elected as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
London: Professor Ahluwalia has been elected to the Academy for her outstanding work in vascular pharmacology. She joins this year’s 58 other new Fellows, who have all been recognised for their remarkable contributions to advancing biomedical and health sciences, ground-breaking research discoveries, and translating developments into benefits for patients and wider society.
Amrita is Dean for Research for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Lead of the Vascular Pharmacology Group, and Director of the Barts Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Unit. She is Chair of the Basic and Translational Section of The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
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She is the author of over 340 academic papers, and the focus of her current research is the exploration of the impact of inflammation on cardiovascular function and the mechanisms involved, with a view to identifying novel targets and therapeutics.
Alongside her ground-breaking research, Professor Ahluwalia is also a passionate advocate for equality in the workplace. She established the first National mentoring scheme for women of a learned society (British Pharmacological Society) in 2005. She was also the first Chair of the Women in Pharmacology Committee of the same society from 2007-2010 that established the Astra Zeneca Women in Pharmacology Prize.
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