Cursos

Sede donde se gestiona

Santander

Lugar de impartición

Santander - Península de la Magdalena (Rector Ernest Lluch)

Dirección

Secretaría

PATROCINIO

COLABORACIÓN

Descripción de la actividad

The Teófilo Hernando’s School of Pharmacology (THSP) was initiated in 1996, in the frame of the summer courses of the UIMP. At that time, Rector José Luis García Delgado invited professor Antonio G. García (Autonomous University of Madrid) to organise this School. The courses are held at the magnificent Palace of la Magdalena, located on top of a hill at the Peninsula of La Magdalena.

The format of a UIMP’s School (“Escuela”) is based in the critical analysis in the frontier of knowledge of a given scientific topic, along a week (Monday to Friday) by scientists and students of all over the world. Emphasis is always made in drug discovery and development as well in basic research that illuminate on new biological drug targets for treating disease. The THSP was named after Teófilo Hernando, a Spanish M.D./Ph.D. pharmacologist who was trained under Oswald Schmiedeberg at Strassbourg, the first formal Pharmacology School where many pharmacologists were trained at the beginning of the XX century and then developed the subject of basic and clinical pharmacology all over the world. Teófilo Hernando introduced pharmacology as an independent teaching and science subject at the Central University of Madrid, along the first four decades of the XX century. He trained numerous other disciples that extended the subject to many other Spanish universities along the XX century.

Since 1996, 12 editions of the THSP have been held. Over 100 scientists and over 400 students have since then attended the THSP.