Christopher John
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine
National Heart Lung Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology in the Department of Medicine at Imperial College London. My current leadership roles within the Faculty of Medicine include the Head of Programme for the BSc in Biomedical Science and the Course Director for the BSc in Pharmacology. I am heavily involved in the organisation of pharmacology teaching across the Faculty for both undergraduate medical students and scientists. I was previously Head of Graduate Entry Medicine and Head of Programme for the BSc in Pharmacology & Translational Medical Science. In 2008, I was awarded the Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching. I am particularly interested in innovative approaches to education. Recent approaches have included (i) the use of concept mapping to identify areas within the curriculum that students find troublesome coupled with approaches to help facilitate better understanding (ii) the development of a robust group assessment to help students to improve team working skills.
Research Interest
neuroendocrine characterisation
Publications
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Basharat S, Parker JA, Murphy KG, et al., 2014, Leptin fails to blunt the lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis in rats, Journal of Endocrinology, Vol:221, ISSN:0022-0795, Pages:229-234