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Dr. Gordon Dent serves as Senior Lecturer (Education & Scholarship) in Pharmacology and Director of Admissions at Keele University School of Medicine. His roles include overseeing admissions processes and delivering pharmacology/physiology education across undergraduate medical programs. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology from King’s College London (1985) and a PhD in Immunopharmacology from the National Heart & Lung Institute (1991). Prior to joining Keele in 2003, he conducted research at the Großhansdorf Institute in Germany and the University of Southampton.
His research focuses on medical education innovations, pharmacology instruction, and inflammatory disease mechanisms. He actively contributes to the field through roles like board membership with the Medical Schools Council Selection Alliance and associate editorship of the American Journal of Immunology. He is affiliated with the British Pharmacological Society and Association for the Study of Medical Education.
Publications span pharmacology reference guides, immune cell signaling studies, and medical admissions research. His work bridges basic pharmacology research with clinical education, emphasizing translational applications. No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though his editorial and leadership roles highlight peer recognition.
In teaching, he leads the MBChB Mechanisms of Disease unit and oversees supplementary prescribing programs. His research and professional activities reflect a dual focus on advancing medicinal science and optimizing healthcare education systems.
