Background and Mission | Chapter Bylaws | Officers and Councilors | Chapter Annual Meeting
Background and Mission
The Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT) is a national not-for-profit charitable organization that aims to foster the application of educational and research excellence to drug discovery and therapeutic choice. We are the official Canadian Member of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR).
Membership
The CSPT membership comprises basic scientists, clinician scientists and trainees including postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students and medical residents. CSPT members have an interest in clinical and basic pharmacology research, education and practice, and are active in academia, industry, government and consulting.
Mission
The CSPT works to bring together a multidisciplinary group of individuals with broad interests in optimally safe and effective drug therapy.
Vision
The CSPT strives to be the national voice fostering the application of educational and research excellence to drug discovery and therapeutic choice.
Values
The CSPT values include basic and clinical research, education and training in basic and clinical pharmacology, multi-sectoral inputs (government, academia, industry, healthcare professionals, researchers) and safe and effective therapeutic choices.
Chapter Bylaws
Download the bylaws in PDF.
Officers and Councilors (2020–2021)
President - Bruce Carleton, BPharm, PharmD, FISPE, Professor and Chair, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4. email: bcarleton@popi.ubc.ca
Past President - Kerry Goralski, PhD, Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, 5968 College Street, PO BOX 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2. (t) 902-494-2052; email: kerry.goralski@dal.ca
Past-Elect - Brad Urquhart, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, Medical Sciences Building Room 216, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1. (t) 519 661 3756; email:Brad.Urquhart@schulich.uwo.ca
Treasurer - Donald Miller, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, 753 McDermot Ave. A205 Chown Building, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6; (t) 204-789-3278; email: Donald.Miller@umanitoba.ca
Scientific Program Committee Chair - Thomas Velenosi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.
Education Committee Chair - Fabiana Crowley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Undergraduate Medical Program, Western University
Chapter Annual Meeting Information
CSPT 2022 Annual Meeting, in partnership with the Safety Pharmacology Society
September 11 - 14, 2022
Montreal, Canada
Visit the CSPT site for more information and updates.
Past Annual Meetings