Dr Pinder

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Roger M. Pinder

Dr Pinder is an independent consultant based in the city of York in the UK. He lectures and publishes on the mental health benefits of wine, particularly in relation to its influence on cognition and dementia. He co-edited the book “Wine: A Scientific Exploration”, published in 2003 by Taylor & Francis. Dr. Pinder is Founding Editor of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, the official journal of the International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA) and now into its sixth year of publication.

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 about 300 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 and consults worldwide to several other organizations.