Professor Paul J White is Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Professor White has led a transformation of teaching within his faculty, via an active learning approach. He co-leads an international initiative to re-imagine pharmacology education via a focus on helping graduates develop an ability to apply the core concepts of the discipline in novel situations. His contribution to education has been recognised by many awards, including the Elizabeth Davis Teaching Excellence Award from the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Education Section (2022) and three excellence awards from the Australian Awards for University Teaching, including the Teaching Excellence award in 2022. A cardiovascular researcher, he has explored the use of novel biased agonists for use post-myocardial infarction with Dr Lauren May, and has published in Nature, Nature Biotechnology and PNAS.

Professor Clare Guilding is Deputy Head of the School of Medicine at Newcastle University, UK. A Professor of Pharmacology and Medical Education, she is extensively involved in supporting pharmacology education on a national and international level, including as Vice President (Academic Development) of the British Pharmacology Society, Chair of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Education Section (IUPHAR-Ed), co-lead of the IUPHAR Core Concepts in Pharmacology project, and Deputy Director of the Pharmacology Education Project. Professor Guilding’s contributions to education have been recognised by many awards, including an Advance HE National Teaching Fellowship, the British Pharmacological Society’s Rang Prize and Australasian Visitor Award, and the Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Teacher Award.

Dr Roisin Kelly-Laubscher is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology & Therapeutics at University College Cork, Ireland. She combines expertise in cardiovascular research with leadership in pharmacology education. Her education research focuses on promoting transparency and fairness in assessment to ensure equitable student success, alongside innovations in authentic learning and concept-based curriculum development. She co-leads the international Core Concepts of Pharmacology project within IUPHAR and has published widely on curriculum design, core pharmacological concepts, and epistemological access.