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Scientific Advisors
The following distinguished scientists are among those who have kindly agreed to be scientific advisors to the Beckley Foundation:
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PROF. COLIN BLAKEMORE
FMedSci Hon FRCP FRS
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Professor of Neuroscience University of Oxford. Former Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC). Waynflete Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford. Director of the Oxford Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience. Chairman of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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PROF. GUSTAV BORN
M.A., D.Phil., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., F.K.C. |
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Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, London University. Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. He has had a distinguished career in cardiovascular research. |
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PROF. MARK GEYER
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego. Director of the Basic Neuroscience Unit of the Mental Illness Research, Clinical, and Education Center. President and Fellow of the International Behavioural Neuroscience Society. Vice-President of the International Serotonin Club. Member of the Scientific Council of NARSAD. |
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PROF. LESTER GRINSPOON
M.D. |
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Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Served 40 years as Senior Psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychiatric Association. Founding editor of the Annual Review of Psychiatry and the Harvard Mental Health Letter. |
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PROF. ALBERT HOFMANN
Ph.D., Dr. Pharm. (Hon.), Dr. Sc.Nat.(Hon.) |
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Head of the Pharmaceutical-Chemical Research Laboratories (retired), Division of Natural Products, Sandoz Ltd., Basel, Switzerland. Member of the Nobel Prize Committee. Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences. Member of the International Society of Plant Research and the American Society of Pharmacology. |
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PROF. LESLIE L. IVERSEN
Ph.D., F.R.S. |
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Visiting Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford. Director of the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases at King's College, University of London. Previously, Director of the Neuroscience Research Centre of Merck Research Laboratories, and Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge. Member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) |
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PROF. YURI E. MOSKALENKO
Ph.D. |
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Head of the Laboratory of Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry,
Russian Academy of Sciences. Doctor of Sciences, Professor of Physiology, Honour Scientist of The Russian
Federation, Academician of International Astronautics Academy, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
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PROF. DAVE E. NICHOLS
Ph.D. |
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Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, Purdue University, USA. Previous member of numerous NIH, NIMH and NIDA advisory groups. Currently serving on the NIMH Neuropharmacology and Neurochemistry Study Section. Fellow of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. |
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PROF. DAVID NUTT
M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., F.Med.Sci. |
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President of the European College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology (ECNP). Professor of Psychopharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol. Past President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP). Member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) |
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PROF. VILAYANUR S. RAMACHANDRAN
M.D., Ph.D. |
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Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and the Neuroscience Program at the University of California, San Diego. Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioural Sciences at Stanford. Gave the BBC Reith lectures in 2003. |
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PROF. TREVOR ROBBINS
Ph.D. |
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Professorial Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience & Head of Experimental Psychology Department, University of Cambridge. |
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DR. RONALD SANDISON
B.Sc., M.B., B.S., F.R.C. Psych, A.K.C |
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Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist and Group Analyst. Consulant psychiatrist at Powick Hospital Worcester, 1952-1964, pioneering the use of LSD and psychedelic drugs as an adjunct to psychotherapy. |
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DR. ALEXANDER SHULGIN
Ph.D. |
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Pharmacologist, chemist and psychoactive drug researcher. Authored definitive texts, 'PIHKAL' and 'TIHKAL" after receiving DEA backing to synthesise and test the effects of an extensive range of psychoactive substances. |
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PROF. ANDRE TYLEE
M.B.B.S., M.D., F.R.C.G.P., M.R.C.Psych. |
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Professor of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, University of London. Founded the RCGP Mental Health Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry. Advisor to the World Health Organisation. |
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