Enhancing inhibitory controls to modulate chronic pain

Anthony Dickenson, BSc, PhD, FmedSci is Professor of Neuropharmacology at University College, London. He gained his PhD at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, has held Fellowships and posts in Paris, California and Sweden, and was appointed to the Department of Pharmacology at University College in 1983.

He has made seminal contributions to understanding the mechanisms of pain and how pain can be controlled in both normal and patho-physiological conditions and how to translate basic science to the patient. He has supervised 18 completed PhD students and makes a major contribution to undergraduate science and medical teaching.