I am Professor of Pharmacology and have been Head of School since 2010.

I qualified in pharmacy at the University of Nottingham (BPharm) and The Royal London Hospital (MRPharmS). After a short period spent in clinical practice in hospitals in East Anglia, I undertook research training in experimental pharmacology in London and Leicester (MSc, PhD).

My PhD, undertaken in the laboratory of Professor Basil Northover, was awarded for studies on modulation of ischaemia and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy.

In 2009, the higher doctorate (DSc) was conferred by the University of Nottingham for a body of published works on protective actions of autacoid mediators in ischaemic and reperfused myocardium.

Myocardial and coronary vascular biology, with a special emphasis on the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction Cellular basis of ischaemia-reperfusion injury and mechanisms of cardioprotection