Research into medicine actions in universities and research
institutes
Do you want to discover something new about the body or help
to discover a new medicine? Much of the research to understand
how the body works and how medicines act has been conducted
in Universities and research institutes, many funded by medical
charities. For example, Professor John Vane, who worked at
the Royal College of Surgeons laboratories in London, received
the Nobel Prize for discovering that aspirin stops pain and
reduces fever by inhibiting a specific enzyme. Often Universities
and research institutes work in collaboration with pharmaceutical
companies. The former do the fundamental research and the
latter apply that knowledge to development of new medicines.
You can enter such organisations with a first degree as a
research assistant or having studied further to obtain an
MSc or PhD.
Teach pharmacology at university
Would you like to educate the next generation of professionals
and scientists? Have you the skills to communicate your ideas
and to motivate students? Pharmacology is an important part
of many University courses, including the professional courses
of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science and Nursing,
as well as many science courses.
University teachers are normally researchers in a specific
field as well as teachers of students, and will have at least
a PhD as well as probably some post-PhD research experience.
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