BAP Council Member Details
Council Member: Dr Anne Jackson, PhD, BSc
University of Brighton. aj4@brighton.ac.uk
Council Member until 2012
Dr Jackson began her career in 1979 when she graduated from London University with a BSc in Pharmacology. She then worked for a time at the Institute of Neurology before going to Birmingham University where she completed her PhD in Psychology. Dr Jackson then worked as a pre-clinical psychopharmacologist in industry, firstly in Paris, then subsequently at Merck Sharp & Dohme in the UK. In 1995 she returned to academia to the University of Sussex where she continued in pre-clinical psychopharmacology, but also extended her work to human studies. Her current position is as Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton where she teaches Pharmacy students, Chairs the Ethics Committee and continues her research in human psychopharmacology.
Dr Jackson’s current research is aimed at understanding the neurochemical mechanisms underlying the effects of nicotine, combined with how its cognitive actions contribute to tobacco addiction. She also has a long standing interest in glutamatergic psychopharmacology and how this translates from preclinical science to humans.
Dr Jackson joined the BAP as a PhD student and has therefore been a member for more than 20 years. She is strongly committed to its multidisciplinary ethos and represents the interests of members from a number of areas (industrial, academic, pre-clinical, human). Dr Jackson is keen to support the Association in continuing the good work it does with its scientific programmes and encouragement of new scientists. In addition, as lay perspectives become increasingly acknowledged, she welcomes the opportunity to help the Association as it develops its public profile.
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23rd August 2010
New BAP Education web page describing InVivoStat: The Statistical Tool for all Psychopharmacologists. Click here to read more InVivoStat - Information for the Public on
4th August 2010
We are pleased to launch our Public Web Pages. These are intended for members of the public with an interest in psychopharmacology. Public Web Page - Review of Mental Health Research on
5th July 2010
In 2009, BAP contributed to the Medical Research Council’s Review of Mental Health Research. The Report has recently been published. A summary report may be found here; MRC Mental Health Research Summary Report. Professor Barbara Sahakian, who will become BAP President-elect later this month, has written an article in the Lancet “A UK strategy for mental health and wellbeing”, also available here; Lancet article