James Vickers

Biography

After finishing a first degree in pharmacology at the University of Manchester I joined the Cardiovascular Research Group at the University of Nottingham, completing my PhD on platelet-endothelial cell interactions in 1995. I then spent five years as a Postdoc researching platelet-leukocyte interactions in health and disease at the University of Jena, Germany, followed by two at Merck in Darmstadt in the cardiovascular drug development programme. From 2001 I have been working as a lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton. 

Research Interest

Platelet inhibitory drugs in acute coronary syndromes, particularly P2Y12 purinoceptor antagonists, aspirin and aspirin-like drugs. Platelet involvement in coagulation, thrombin generation in plasma.