Robert Halliwell's Biography

Robert Halliwell, Professor of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of The Pacific

Robert F. Halliwell is Professor of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology in the Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of the Pacific; he previously held a lectureship in Neuroscience at the University of Durham, England and a Research Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. Dr Halliwell undertook graduate training at University College London and at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee. His lab is conducting experiments to determine the functional properties of neurons derived from human stem cells; he has also published work in the history of medicine with a book on the history of the drug receptor concept.