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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. CSPT is 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
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Officers and Councilors (2024–2025)
President - 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
Past 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-Elect - Dylan Burger, PhD, Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa. 2513-451 Smyth Road, Ottawa ON K1H 7N9. (t) 613-562-5800 x 8241; e-mail: dburger@uottawa.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 - Marianna Kulka, PhD, Senior Researcher, Team Lead of Biomedical Nanotechnologies, National Research Council, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta. (t) 780-641-1687; e-mail: Marianna.kulka@nrc.cnrc.gc.ca
Education Committee Chair - Fabiana Crowley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, Medical Sciences Building Room 202, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1. (t) 519 850 2560; email: Fabiana.Crowley@schulich.uwo.ca
Chapter Annual Meeting Information
CSPT 2024 Annual Meeting
June 16-19, 2024
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coming up!
CSPT 2025 Annual Meeting
June 2-5, 2025
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Visit the CSPT site for more information and updates.
Past Annual Meetings