Leslie Iversen#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 306 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Leslie Iversen passed away July 30, 2020.
Positions Held
- 1982 - 1995 Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre
- 1971 - 1982 Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge
- 1995 Visiting Professor of Pharmacology, Department Of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurochemistry of neurotransmission
- Neurotransmitters
- Neuropeptides
- Addiction
- Drug misuse
Honours and Awards
- 1980 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
- 1983 Society's Ferrier Lecture
- 2013 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours, "for services to pharmacology"
