Aronson, Jeffrey: transcript of an audio interview (25-Apr-2016)

Abstract

Interview with Dr Jeffrey Aronson, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 25 April 2016, in the School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by Professor Tilli Tansey and Dr Apostolos Zarros. The project management and the technical support were undertaken by Mr Adam Wilkinson and Mr Alan Yabsley, respectively. Dr Jeffrey Aronson DPhil FRCP HonFBPhS HonFFPM (b. 1947) trained in the University of Glasgow (1964-1973) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit and University Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Oxford, under the late Professor David Grahame-Smith. He was Reader in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, and Honorary Consultant Physician in the Oxford University Hospitals Trust until 2014, since when he has held honorary contracts as a Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist in Oxford. He was President of the British Pharmacological Society (2008-2009) and is now Emeritus President. He was Vice-Chairman of the Medicines Commission (2002-2005) and Editor-in-Chief of the 'British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology' (2003-2007). He has been Chairman of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission’s Expert Advisory Group on Nomenclature since 2006. He was a Member of the Formulary Committees of the 'British National Formulary' from 2006 and the 'British National Formulary for Children' from 2003, and is now a Member of the Advisory Board of the 'British National Formulary'.