Varro Andras

András Varró is a renowned Hungarian pharmacologist and professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged. With a career spanning over four decades, he has held significant academic roles including Chairman of his department (2001-2019) and Vice Rector for Science and Innovation (2011-2014). His research focuses on cardiac electrophysiology and pharmacology, particularly the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and drug actions.

• Education: MD from Szeged Medical University (1978), PhD (1987), D.Sc. from Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1998)

Research Interests:

• Physiology and pharmacology of cardiac potassium channels
• Cellular mechanisms of arrhythmias
• Antiarrhythmic and proarrhythmic drug actions
• Cardiac electrophysiology in vitro and in vivo
• Electro-mechanical coupling in cardiac cells

Scientific Contributions include 300+ English-language publications (8,500+ citations, H-index=54), 8 patent applications for cardioactive drugs, and leadership roles in EU-FP6/7 grants and Hungarian national funding projects (OTKA, NKHT). He has supervised over 10 PhD students and 5 habilitations.

Awards and Recognition:

• Issekutz Award (2006)
• Honoris Causa in Electrophysiology (2008)
• Naranjan Dhalla Award (2013)
• Carmeliet-Coraboeuf-Weidmann Award (2014)
• Klebersberg Kuno Award (2016)
• Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (2019)

He has also served as Editor for British Journal of Pharmacology (1998-2002) and currently for Cardiovascular Research and Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.