Medicines play a fundamental role in delivering better health to populations across the globe. These benefits can only continue if we are able to produce knowledgeable researchers who can develop new medicines and healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to prescribe and monitor their use in patient populations. Given that pharmacological science is one of the most rapidly moving areas of research, delivering these goals in academia and industry poses a considerable challenge.

As stipulated in our statutes, the objectives of the Section shall be to:

• Foster, promote, encourage, develop and support innovative teaching, learning and assessment of basic, clinical and translational pharmacology to higher education pharmacology students and wider audiences
• Promote global communication and cooperation between educators/ teachers and other interest groups representing pharmacology and related disciplines
• Create forums to present and exchange ideas related to pharmacology education
• Cooperate or associate, at the discretion of the Section, with relevant international, national and other authorities and bodies
• Be proactive in the development of early-careers educators in pharmacology
• Contribute to the development of sound drug policies globally via means of promoting appropriate education and training in pharmacology
• Contribute to global public awareness and engagement on pharmacological issues promotion of appropriate education and training in pharmacology
• Collaborate with IUPHAR and other IUPHAR sections and committees to develop programs to address the goals listed above