Ian Musgrave
Dr.
Dr Musgrave is a molecular pharmacologist/toxicologist. He obtained his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 1989, postdoctoral work in the Institute of Pharmacology at the Free University of Berlin in 1991-1994, returning to Australia in 1994 on a CJ Martin Fellowship. He was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide in 2001. He has a broad interest in neuronal function and survival, natural product pharmacology and drug design. Current research work includes safety of herbal medicines and natural products as therapeutics, producing 27 research publications in the past 5 years. He has consulted with South Australian State Health and the TGA on complimentary medicine safety. Through his membership of both the Toxicology Special Interest Group of the Australasian Society of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology and as a member of Australian Science Communicators he seeks to promote research in and understanding of toxicology.
