Experience

British Journal of Pharmacology

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Press Editor

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Dr King has spent 40 years in tertiary education in pharmacology and physiology to science and medical students. There was a research-led emphasis to his teaching, complemented by a strong emphasis on writing and presenting scientific information. He now works in the medium of scientific publications, as a Press Editor for British Journal of Pharmacology. Dr King has spent 40 years in tertiary education in pharmacology and physiology to science and medical students. There was a research-led emphasis to his teaching, complemented by a strong emphasis on writing and presenting scientific information. He now works in the medium of scientific publications, as a Press Editor for British Journal of Pharmacology.



UCL

• South Korea
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

  Dr King has been engaged in tertiary education in pharmacology and phaysiology to science and medical students in UCL for 27 years. During that time, Dr King also held the posts of Chair of Examiners in Physiology and Chair of the Physiology Steering Committee. In 2020, Dr King retired from academic duties. There was a research-led emphasis to his teaching and how physiological systems work together, complemented with a strong emphasis on writing and presenting scientific information… Show more Dr King has been engaged in tertiary education in pharmacology and phaysiology to science and medical students in UCL for 27 years. During that time, Dr King also held the posts of Chair of Examiners in Physiology and Chair of the Physiology Steering Committee. In 2020, Dr King retired from academic duties. There was a research-led emphasis to his teaching and how physiological systems work together, complemented with a strong emphasis on writing and presenting scientific information (extended dissertations, lab reports as scientific papers, oral communications).

• Senior Lecturer

  • Sep 1997 - Sep 2018

• Lecturer

  • Nov 1992 - Aug 1997



SmithKline Beecham Pharm

• Germany
• Medical Practices

• Principal Scientist, GI Programme

  • Jan 1989 - Oct 1992

  Dr King worked on drug programmes for idiopathic visceral pain, adynamic ileus (a paralyzing disorder of the injured gut) and irritable bowel syndrome (a condition of disordered motility and secretion). One outcome of this work was the development of a series of 5-HT4 receptor antagonists (e.g. SB204070) which, to this day, represent industry standards as the most potent drugs of their type. Dr King worked on drug programmes for idiopathic visceral pain, adynamic ileus (a paralyzing disorder of the injured gut) and irritable bowel syndrome (a condition of disordered motility and secretion). One outcome of this work was the development of a series of 5-HT4 receptor antagonists (e.g. SB204070) which, to this day, represent industry standards as the most potent drugs of their type.



London Hospital Medical School

• Lecturer

  • Jan 1986 - Dec 1988

  Dr King studied the gut-brain axis and the perception of satiety through peptidergic relay pathways running first to the hindbrain and onwards to higher centres in the cortex. Dr King studied the gut-brain axis and the perception of satiety through peptidergic relay pathways running first to the hindbrain and onwards to higher centres in the cortex.



McGill University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 1985 - Sep 1985

  Dr King spent a brief period learning the technique of intra-axonal recordings with sharp microelectrodes. He studied dorsal root-dorsal root reflexes in the hemi-dissected spinal cord. Dr King spent a brief period learning the technique of intra-axonal recordings with sharp microelectrodes. He studied dorsal root-dorsal root reflexes in the hemi-dissected spinal cord.



Mayo Graduate School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Jan 1984 - Mar 1985

  Dr King studied the actions of regulatory neuropeptides and amino-acid transmitters in sympathetic ganglia. The outcome of this work was published in the American Handbook of Physiology in 1989.

• Research Associate

  • Aug 1982 - Dec 1983

  Dr King studied two classes of sensory neurons serving the gastrointestinal tract: (low-threshold) mechanoreceptors and (high-threshold) nociceptors which connect directly to sympathetic neurons in prevertebral ganglia as well as dorsal horn neurons in the CNS.



Mayo Medical School

• Research Fellow

  • Aug 1980 - Jul 1982

  Dr King studied the biophysics of sympathetic neurons and regulated output of inhibitory transmitters - through the actions of timing conductances on neuronal firing patterns. Dr King studied the biophysics of sympathetic neurons and regulated output of inhibitory transmitters - through the actions of timing conductances on neuronal firing patterns.