Professor of Vascular Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
University of Oxford, UK

Speaker Biography
Christopher Garland is Professor of Vascular Pharmacology at Oxford University, and Fellow and Tutor in Medicine and Biomedical Science at Magdalen College, Oxford. He is also (since 2013) a visiting professor at the University of Queensland, Australia; from 2010-2015 he held a Royal Society-Wolfson Merit Award; from 2012-2016 he was a member of the council of the Royal Society of Biology; from 2014-2018 he was Senior Dean of Arts at Magdalen College. He is a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society and the Royal Society of Biology. Before moving to Oxford, he was the Professor and Head of Pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy, University of Bath (2000-2008) and previously Reader then Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, University of Bristol, (1993-2000). His research investigates how the very small (endothelial) cells that line the vasculature of the body control the flow and pressure of the blood, and his research contributions were recognized by the award of the 2009 JR Vane Medal of the British Pharmacological Society. He has served on numerous external grant-awarding bodies, including the Medical Research Council (Molecular and Cellular Medicines Board, Physiological Systems and Clinical Sciences Board), the Wellcome Trust (Physiology and Pharmacology Panel) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Project Grants Committee.

Professor Garland will also deliver a presentation entitled “Small artery intercellular communication and vasospasm” on August 23 at 4pm (HK time) by Zoom. All are welcome. More information