Professor Jennifer Martin MBChB MA (Oxon.) FRACP PhD GAICD Professor Jennifer Martin is a dual trained clinical pharmacologist and practising general physician and incoming Chair of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Newcastle. She has studied politics and health economics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and has used this experience to serve on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, the Economic Subcommittee of the PBAC and other Government and Statewide committees examining appropriate allocation, regulation, safety and efficacy in pharmaceuticals. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (Diploma). Her PhD (Monash) examined innate immunity in Type 2 diabetes and subsequent postdoctoral work at the Walter and Eliza Hall focussed on the function of macrophages with high fat diet. Her recent research is in the area of clinical development of both novel and old drugs for a variety of diseases and has developed collaborations with EKUT (Germany) in the combined role of therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenetics to individualise choice and dose of chemotherapy, and with the NIH in identifying and managing synthetic drugs of abuse. Professor Martin is passionate about teaching in the area of clinical pharmacology and been involved in curriculum development for medical students (Otago, Monash and Melbourne Universities) was the recent teaching and learning representative on the STC in clinical pharmacology for the College of Physicians.