Dr Scott Smid

Telephone	+61 8 8313 5287
Position	Senior Lecturer
Email	scott.smid@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8224 0685
Building	Medical School North
Floor/Room	5 31
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Pharmacology

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Biography/ Background

Scott is a pharmacology major awarded his BSc (Hons) in 1990 and PhD in 1995 from The University of Adelaide, investigating the role of the renin-angiotensin system in hypertension development. He then undertook postdoctoral research in a commercial drug discovery project in the gastroenterology field for several years, before taking up an academic position in Central Queensland and an assistant professorship at Bond University. In subsequently taking up a senior lectureship in The Discipline of Pharmacology at The University of Adelaide, Scott has been actively investigating the effects and interaction of endogenous cannabinoid and prostanoid pathways in the expression of inflammatory bowel disease, particularly their influence on immune function in colitis. He has also developed collaborative projects investigating the influence of cannabinoid ligands on aspects of drug dependence and the role of cannabinoids and bioactives on neuroprotection.

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Medicine and medical research, Science and technology
Expertise	gastrointestinal and cardiovascular medicine; reflux disease; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; cannabis and cannabinoids - recreational and medicinal uses; neurophysiology; neuropharmacology
Notes	Member: International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) Member and Councillor: Australian Society for Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology (ASCEPT)

Entry last updated: Sunday, 5 Feb 2012

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