Convocation Speaker Brad Urquhart Thursday, June 13, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
pharmacology in the classroom and laboratory to undergraduate and graduate students. He has been the recipient of multiple research and teaching awards. Outside of Western, Brad holds several national leadership positions. He is currently President of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and has previously served as Treasurer and Chair of the Scientific Program Committee. Brad has also reviewed grants for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and currently serves as Scientific Officer of the Pharmacology and Toxicology panel for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Brad Urquhart is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. He is also the Associate Dean overseeing Western’s Basic Medical Sciences and Neuroscience programs. Brad completed his BSc and PhD in the areas of pharmacology, toxicology and clinical pharmacology at Western. He then completed post- doctoral training in clinical pharmacology at both Vanderbilt University and Western. The Urquhart lab focuses on reasons why patients respond to medications differently and is particularly interested in why some patients get toxic reactions following medication exposure while others do not. The ultimate goal of his research program is to identify why patients respond differently to medications so drug-induced toxicity can be prevented, and drug therapy optimized. Research in the Urquhart lab has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Kidney Foundation of Canada and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council. In addition to an active research program, Professor Urquhart really enjoys teaching
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