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Biography
Imti Choonara is one of the leading paediatric clinical pharmacologists in the world. He has been involved in ensuring that paediatric clinical pharmacology is an accredited subspecialty of paediatrics in the UK. He is Editor in Chief of the open access journal BMJ Paediatrics Open.
His research interests include drug toxicity, clinical trials, rational use of medicines, epidemiology of the use of medicines, inequalities in child health and access to medicines in children. He is interested in international child health and organises an annual workshop in Child health in Cuba. Despite recently retiring, he is still active in research and supervising postgraduate students, as an Emeritus Professor in Child Health at the University of Nottingham.
Expertise Summary
Paediatric clinical pharmacology
Research Summary
Drug toxicity in children
Rational use of medicines in children