Pharmaceutical Medicine Overview in a day

Dr Sheuli Porkess FFPM:

Sheuli is the Vice President of FPM, Chief Medical Officer for Precisia Life Sciences and Director of Actaros Consultancy.

Sheuli is an experienced pharmaceutical physician in medicine development, medical affairs and life sciences policy within the UK and internationally, across multiple therapy areas. Sheuli has held medical leadership roles in companies at a national, regional and international level whilst living in different countries and is the former Director of Research, Medical and Innovation at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

Sheuli is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, a Global Fellow in Medicine Development with IFAPP and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and holds a number of other advisory roles. Sheuli currently delivers on FPM and ABPI’s Pharmaceutical Medicine Lecture Programme for medical students at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Kent Medway Medical School. She also contributes to content and teaching on FPM’s DPM Training Programme.

Dr Susan Tansey FFPM:

Susan is currently an Independent Consultant Pharmaceutical Physician. After training for several years in paediatrics and neonatology in the NHS, she joined the pharmaceutical industry and has since been involved in the clinical development of new medicines and vaccines in several therapeutic areas with a focus on rare diseases and paediatrics.

Susan also has an interest in bioethics and having been on the Nuffield Council of Bioethics’ Working Group on Children and Clinical Research between 2013 to 2015 was appointed as a Council member in 2020 and has just commenced as second term of appointment. She recently started to study for a part-time MA in Medical Ethics and Law at King’s College.

Susan is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, a Global Fellow in Medicine Development with IFAPP and a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She currently delivers on FPM and ABPI’s Pharmaceutical Medicine Lecture Programme for medical students at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Kent Medway Medical School. She also contributes to content and teaching on FPM’s DPM Training Programme.