Richard A. North#
| Membership Number: | 2251 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/staff/AlanNorth |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9783-1094 |
Present and Previous Positions
- May 73 Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Aberdeen,
- Oct 73 - Sep 74 Research Fellow, Department of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Aberdeen; and Registrar in General Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
- Oct 74 - Jun 75 Research Fellow, Unit for Research on Addictive Drugs, University of Aberdeen (Director: Dr. Hans W. Kosterlitz)
- Jul 75 - Jun 77 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago
- Jul 77 - Jun 81 Associate Professor
- Jul 81 - Jun 85 Associate Professor of Neuropharmacology, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Massachusetts, Institute of Technology (prior to 1985 this was the Department of Nutrition and Food Science)
- Jul 85 - Dec 86 Professor of Neuropharmacology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jan 87 - Sep 93 Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research; and Professor of Neurology, Oregon Health Sciences University
- Oct 93 - Mar 98 Principal Scientist, Geneva Biomedical Research Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development (prior to May 96 this was the Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology)
- Jun 98 – Jun 04 Professor of Molecular Physiology, Director of the Institute of Molecular Physiology, University of Sheffield
- Jun 04 – Sep 08 Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
- Sep 06 – Apr 2011 Vice-President, Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Director of Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
- Apr 2011 - Nov 2013 Professor, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester
- Dec 2013 - present Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester
Fields of Scholarship
- Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Neuroscience
- Ion channels
- P2X receptors
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Royal Society of London F.R.S.
- 1998 University of Aberdeen D.Sc.
- 2000 Royal College of Physicians F.R.C.P.
- 2002 - 2005 President, The Physiological Society
- 2004 Member Academia Europae
