President: 2024 – 2026

University College London, UK

Annette Dolphin is a Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience Physiology and Pharmacology, at University College London.  In her academic career, she has made major discoveries with respect to neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels, their modulation and roles in disease.  In recent years her work has investigated the involvement of particular calcium channel sub-units in chronic pain.  She has also elucidated the mechanism of action of an important drug class, the gabapentinoids which are of therapeutic use in chronic pain. Her findings have significantly influenced our thinking in this field.

She has recently held the role of President of the British Neuroscience Association (2019-21), and she has been elected to the Council of the Royal Society (2023-2025).