Dr Pinder

Editor-in-Chief:  Dr Roger M. Pinder, PhD, DSc.

Dr. Pinder is an independent pharma consultant based in the city of York in the UK. He advises and consults worldwide to several pharmaceutical and venture capital organizations. He is Founding Editor of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, the official journal of the International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA), and of the International Journal of Wine Research. He has served as President and Secretary of the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD), and as Treasurer and Councillor of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP).

Educated in the UK and the USA at the universities of Hull and Virginia, Dr. Pinder holds doctoral degrees in medicinal chemistry (Ph.D.) and neuropsychopharmacology (D.Sc.). He is a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, the British Association for Psychopharmacology, the European (ECNP) and the International Colleges of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP), and of ISAD, and serves on the Editorial Board of Medicinal Chemistry Research. His professional research interests include cardiovascular and CNS pharmacology and therapeutics, with a special emphasis on depressive disorders, anti-depressants and the health benefits of wine. He is a regular speaker and chair at international congresses, and has published 5 books and more than 250 review and research articles.

After a long career in R&D and medical affairs management in the international pharmaceutical industry, Dr.Pinder is now a board member of a number of start-up pharmaceutical companies.