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Professor Clare Guilding

Prof of Pharmacology & Medical Education

  • Address: School of Medicine
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Cookson Building
    缅北禁地
    NE2 4HH
Background

Background

Clare is the Deputy Dean of Education in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at 缅北禁地. She holds a degree and PhD in neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh and began her career with postdoctoral research in neuroscience and neuropharmacology at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester.

Clare joined 缅北禁地’s School of Medicine in 2011, initially as a Lecturer focused on pharmacology education and student support. She co‑led the Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescribing strand (2011–2016), served as a Lead Student Support Tutor, and was MBBS Deputy Degree Programme Director from 2014–2016.

From 2017 to 2020, she was seconded to 缅北禁地 Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) as Dean of Academic Affairs, where she had responsibility for quality assurance, assessment, student progress and support, staff development, and engagement with external regulators. She led the development and delivery of a new MBBS curriculum and oversaw a successful Malaysian Medical Council re‑accreditation, securing the maximum five‑year approval.

After returning to the UK, Clare held senior leadership positions including Head of Recruitment and Admissions (MBBS) from 2020–2026, Director of Education from 2021–2024, and Deputy Head of the School of Medicine from 2022–2026. In these roles she led major developments in medical student recruitment, including the transition to online selection during the pandemic, redesign of the admissions policy with a strong widening participation focus, and improvements in diversity of entrants. She provided oversight of core quality assurance processes across undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes and contributed to School and Faculty enhancement through her work on the Faculty Education Committee and key policy and infrastructure groups. As Deputy Head of School she also supported governance, workforce planning, line management and community‑building across the School.

Clare’s education research focuses on curriculum development, inclusive education and pedagogical innovation. She played a central role in developing the British Pharmacological Society’s UK in 2016, and was a key member of the steering group that created the Society’s for medical degrees, published in 2025. She is also a senior leader of the International Core Concepts of Pharmacology project, a global initiative redefining pharmacology education by articulating and promoting the fundamental concepts that underpin the discipline.


External roles 

  • Chair of the  (IUPHAR) Education Section. IUPHAR oversees over 60 member societies and >100,000 pharmacologists worldwide (2021-).
  • Vice President (Academic Development) of the . Chair of the Education and Training committee (2023-2025).
  • External examiner, Year 1 MBChB, Keele University, UK (2022-)
  • Co-Lead of the . The project has brought together over 300 educators and 1200 students from 26 countries (2021-).
  • Deputy Director of the (2021-). 
  • Medical Schools Council Selection Alliance member (2020-2026)


Qualifications

  • Masters in Medical Education, 缅北禁地 (2024)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Higher Education Academy (2014)
  • Postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Academic Practice, 缅北禁地 (2014)
  • ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management, The University of Manchester (2011)
  • Ph.D, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh (2004)
  • BSc (Hons) Neuroscience, 1st class & Class Prize, The University of Edinburgh (2000)


Impact and Awards

  • , Learning Communities Institute, USA (2025)
  • , Monash University, Australia (2022)
  • : FBPhS (2022)
  • , Advance HE (2020)
  • , British Pharmacological Society and Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (2017) 
  • , British Pharmacological Society (2017) 
  • , 缅北禁地 (2016)
  • , Association for the Study of Medical Education - ASME (2016)
  • , British Pharmacological Society (2015)
  • , 缅北禁地 Student Union. "A special award to a member of staff who has shown outstanding commitment to all aspects of Learning and Teaching" (2015)
Teaching

Clare teaches a range of pharmacology, physiology and neuroscience subjects to medical students.


Research

Clare Guilding's research primarily focuses on medical and pharmacology education, with an emphasis on curriculum development, innovative teaching methods, student support and success, and global education. Her interests in student support and success span research on sense of belonging, admissions, curriculum developments and university level initiatives. As Head of Recruitment and Admissions, she is interested in diversity, inclusion, and widening participation in medical admissions, studying the impact of selection processes across diverse student groups. She has been a lead in the development and implementation of Learning Communities in the medical degree programme and co-ordinates research surrounding these communities. She is a project team member for the University’s Student Launchpad project, working to transform student personal and professional support across the institution. She leads in the development of pharmacology, therapeutics, and prescribing curricula for medical and undergraduate pharmacology students nationally through her role as Vice President Academic in the British Pharmacological Society. Clare is actively involved in transnational medical education and leads global collaborative activities as Chair of the IUPHAR Education Section, and co-leads the Core Concepts of Pharmacology research initiative, which aims to transform global pharmacology education through the development of concept-based curricula and associated resources.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Lonsdale DO, Guilding C, Koenig J, Okorie M, Sofat R, Maxwell S. . British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2026, Epub ahead of print.
    • Kelly-Laubscher R, Koenig J, Cunningham M, Aljofan M, Babey AM, Hawes M, Hinton T, Mraiche F, Karpa K, Karunaratne N, Liang W, Restini C, Santiago M, Volbrecht K, Guilding C, White PJ. . European Journal of Pharmacology 2025, 990, 177257.
    • Babey A-M, Koenig J, Cunningham M, Shield A, Restini C, Djouma E, Mraiche F, Mifsud J, Kelly JP, Nicolazzo J, Karpa KJ, Volbrecht K, Santiago MJ, Hawes M, Aljofan M, Kelly-Laubscher R, Karunaratne N, Tucker SJ, Hinton T, Liang W, Guilding C, White PJ. . European Journal of Pharmacology 2025, 990, 177256.
    • Guilding C, Kelly-Laubscher R, Netere A, Babey A-M, Restini C, Cunningham M, Kelly JP, Koenig J, Karpa K, Hawes M, Tucker SJ, Angelo TA, White PJ. . British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2025, 91(8), 2142-2150.
    • Guilding C, White PJ. . Pharmacology Research and Perspectives 2024, 12(6), e70035.
    • Guilding C, White PJ, Cunningham M, Kelly-Laubscher R, Koenig J, Babey A-M, Tucker S, Kelly JP, Gorman L, Aronsson P, Hawes M, Ngo SNT, Misfud J, Werners AH, Hinton T, Khan F, Aljofan M, Angelo T. . British Journal of Pharmacology 2024, 181(3), 375-392.
    • White PJ, Guilding C, Angelo T, Kelly JP, Gorman L, Tucker SJ, Fun A, Han J, Chen G, Samak Y, Babey A-M, Caetano FA, Sarangi SC, Koenig J, Hao H, Goldfarb J, Karpa K, Vieira L, Restini C, Cunningham M, Aronsson P, Kelly-Laubscher R, Hernandez M, Rangachari PK, Mifsud J, Mraiche F, Sabra R, Pineros O, Zhen X, Kwanashie H, Exintaris B, Karunaratne N, Ishii K, Liu Y. . British Journal of Pharmacology 2023, 180(9), 1197-1209.
    • Rothwell C, Guilding C, Veasuvalingam B, McKeegan K, Illing J. . BMJ Open 2023, 13(10), e072808.
    • Gorman L, Hernandez M, Karpa K, Restini C, Caetano Crowley F, Goldfarb J, Guilding C, White PJ. . Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2023, 385(S3 392).
    • Hughes ATL, Samuels RE, Baño-Otálora B, Belle MDC, Wegner S, Guilding C, Northeast RC, Loudon ASI, Gigg J, Piggins HD. . Communications Biology 2021, 4, 761.
    • Guilding C, Li Zhi PK, Mohana Krishnan S, Hubbard PS, McKeegan KS. . Medical Science Educator 2021, 31, 2177-2188.
    • Wallace MJ, Zecharia A, Guilding C, Tucker S, McFadzean I. . Pharmacology Research & Perspectives 2021, 9(4), e00832.
    • Guilding C, Pye RE, Butler S, Atkinson M, Field E. . Pharmacology Research & Perspectives 2021, 9(4), e00833.
    • Guilding C, Hardisty J, Randles E, Statham L, Green A, Bhudia R, Thandi CS, Teodorczuk A, Scott L, Matthan J. . BMC Medical Education 2020, 20(1), 360.
    • Valentine RA, Wakeling LA, Ferrie LJ, Schartner A, Guilding C, Peterson J. . ARELCS 2019, 16(2), 1-29.
    • Guilding C, Hardisty J, Randles E, Statham L, Green A, Bhudia R, Thandi CS, Matthan J. . Journal of Interprofessional Care 2018, 32(5), 653-655.
    • Hardisty J, Guilding C, Statham L, J Matthan, Randles E, Green A, Bhudia R, Thandi C, Scott L. . International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2017, 25 (Suppl. 1), 61-62.
    • Guilding C. . pA2 Online: E Journal of the British Pharmacological Society 2017, 16(1), P86.
    • Guilding C. . BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2016, 2(2), 47-49.
    • Guilding C. . BMJ STEL 2015, 1(Suppl. 2).
    • Guilding C. . pA2 Online: E Journal of the British Pharmacological Society 2015, 13(3).
    • Guilding C, Ball SG, Kennedy DJ, Thanacoody R. . pA2 Online: E Journal of the British Pharmacological Society 2015, 13(3).
    • Guilding C, Scott FF, Bechtold DA, Brown TM, Wegner S, Piggins HD. . Journal of Physiology 2013, 591(4), 1063-1080.
    • Hughes AT, Guilding C, Piggins HD. . PLoS One 2011, 6(4), e18926.
    • Guilding C, Hughes AT, Piggins HD. Circadian Oscillators in the Epithalamus. Neuroscience 2010, 169(4), 1630–1639.
    • McNair K, Spike R, Guilding C, Prendergast GC, Stone TW, Cobb SR, Morris BJ. A role for RhoB in synaptic plasticity and the regulation of neuronal morphology. J Neurosci 2010, 30(9), 3508-17.
    • Guilding C, Hughes ATL, Brown T, Namvar S, Piggins HD. . Molecular Brain 2009, 2(1), 28.
    • Hughes AT, Guilding C, Lennox L, Samuels R, McMahon D, Piggins HD. . Journal of Neurochemistry 2008, 106(4), 1646-1657.
    • Guilding C, McNair K, Stone TW, Morris BJ. . European Journal of Neuroscience 2007, 25(1), 99-105.
    • Guilding C, Piggins HD. . European Journal of Neuroscience 2007, 25(11), 3195-3216.
    • Guilding C, Dutia MB. Early and late changes in vestibular neuronal excitability after deafferentation. Neuroreport 2005, 16(13), 1415-1418.
    • Guilding C, Seckl JR, Dutia MB. . Stress 2004, 7(2), 127-130.

  • Book Chapter

    • Piggins HD, Guilding C. The mammalian circadian system. In: Piggins, HD and Guilding, C, ed. Essays in Biochemistry. Chronobiology. 2011, pp.1-17.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Nufable S, Fletcher K, Weston S, Cronin M, Guilding C. . In: 1st Asia Pacific Interprofessional Education and Collaboration Conference (APIPEC). 2017, Solo, Surakarta, Indonesia: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret.
    • Delgaty L, Matthan J, Woolner P, Guilding C, Thomas U. . In: 48th EUCEN Conference: Crossing borders through lifelong learning- enhancing quality and equity in higher education. 2016, Dublin, Ireland.
    • Guilding C, Kennedy D, Price R. . In: Association for Medical Education (AMEE) international conference. 2014, Milan, Italy: International Association for Medical Education.
    • Guilding C, Hughes ATL, Piggins HD. Effects of Food Deprivation on Mediobasal Hypothalamic Circadian Oscillators. In: Journal of Physiological Sciences. 2009.
    • Piggins HD, Hughes AT, Guilding C. Continuous and discontinuous measurement of brain oscillators. In: Journal of Physiological Sciences. 2009.
    • Piggins HD, Guilding C, Hughes ATL, Brown T. Circadian Oscillators in Extra-SCN brain slices. In: Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology. 2008.
    • Guilding C, Hughes ATL, Brown T, Piggins HD. An ensemble of novel circadian oscillators in the mouse mediobasal hypothalamus. In: Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology. 2008, Marseille, France.

  • Confidential Report

    • Burford B, Medford W, Carter M, Tiffin P, Vance G, Corbett S, Shapiro E, Guilding C, Illing J. . 2017.

  • Digital or Visual Media

    • Guilding C. . Stockholm: Spotify, 2025.

  • Edited Book

    • Piggins HD, Guilding C, ed. Essays in Biochemistry: Chronobiology. 2011.

  • Editorial

    • Guilding C, Kelly-Laubscher R, White PJ. . Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology 2024, 17(2), 115-118.

  • Online Publications

    • Olafuyi S, Lewis D, Freestone N, Hawes M, Guilding C. . London: British Pharmacological Society, 2025. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . Brentwood, TN: International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2025. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2025. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . Brentwood, TN: International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2024. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . Brentwood, TN: International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2024. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2024. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2024. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Cunningham M, Engel K. . British Pharmacological Society (bps.ac.uk), 2023. Available at: .
    • Guilding C, Education Section IUPHAR. . Brentwood, TN: International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 2023. Available at: .
    • Tucker SJ, Zecharia A, Guilding C, Page L, Engel K. . British Pharmacological Society, 2022. Available at: .

  • Reports

    • Burford B, Medford W, Carter M, Tiffin P, Vance G, Corbett S, Shapiro E, Guilding C, Illing J. . Health Education England, 2017.
    • Guilding C, Statham S, Randles E, Matthan J, Green A, Hardisty J, Teodorczuk A. . Fareham: Centre For The Advancement Of Interprofessional Education, 2016. CAIPE e Bulletin Issue 53.

  • Review

    • Szarek JL, Guilding C, Maxwell S. . European Journal of Pharmacology 2025, 989, 177258.