Organization

Executive Committee (2026- )

President

Associate Professor Thai Tran
Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
phstt★nus.edu.sg (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Secretary General

Professor Dean Thumkeo
Deputy Director, Kyoto University
Professor, Department of Immunopharmacology & Center for Medical Education and Internationalization,
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
mailto:thumkeo.dean.6u★kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Council (2026- )

  • Associate Professor Thai Tran — President
  • Professor Dean Thumkeo — Secretary General/Treasurer

Past Executive Committee (2024-2026)

President

Professor Naohiko Anzai
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Vice Research Director, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
Director, Chiba University Medical Library, Japan
afga5078★faculty.gs.chiba-u.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Past Executive Committee (2021-2024)

President

Professor Alastair Stewart
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
University of Melbourne, Australia
astew★unimelb.edu.au (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Vice President

Professor Kesara Na-Bangchang
Director, Graduate Studies, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine
Director, Drug Discovery and Development Center, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Thailand
President, Pharmacological and Therapeutic Society of Thailand
kesaratmu★yahoo.com (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Secretary General

Professor Naohiko Anzai
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Vice Research Director, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
Director, Chiba University Medical Library, Japan
afga5078★faculty.gs.chiba-u.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Past Executive Committee (2016-2021)

President

Professor Masayoshi Mishina
Brain Science Laboratory, The Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
mmishina★fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)
Molecular Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
mishina★m.u-tokyo.ac.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Vice-President (President-elect)

Professor Alastair Stewart
Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Australia
astew★unimelb.edu.au (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Secretary General/Treasurer

Professor Kesara Na-Bangchang
Director, Graduate Studies, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine
Coordinator, WHO-TDR Clinical Coordination and Training Center, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Thailand
kesaratmu★yahoo.com (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Past Executive Committee (2013-2016)

President

Professor Samuel HH Chan
Distinguished Chair Professor and Director, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan
shhchan★adm.cgmh.org.tw (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

1st Vice-President (President-elect)

Professor Masayoshi Mishina
Molecular Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
mishina★m.u-tokyo.ac.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Secretary General/Treasurer

Professor Alastair Stewart
Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Australia
astew★unimelb.edu.au (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

Past Council (2021-2024)

  • Professor Alastair Stewart — President
  • Professor Kesara Na-Bangchang — Vice President
  • Professor Naohiko Anzai — Secretary General/Treasurer
  • Professor Masayoshi Mishina — Immediate Past President
  • Professor Nafeeza Mohd Ismail — Councilor
  • Professor Wen-Chang Chang — Councilor
  • Professor Guan-Hua Du — Councilor
  • Professor Masamitsu Iino — Councilor
  • Professor Carl Kirkpatrick — Councilor
  • Professor Zhi-Bin Lin — Councilor
  • Professor Jong-Keun Kim — Councilor
  • Associate Professor Gavin Dawe — Councilor

Past Council (2016-2021)

  • Professor Masayoshi Mishina — President
  • Professor Alastair Stewart — 1st Vice-President (President-elect)
  • Professor Kesara Na-Bangchang — Secretary General/Treasurer
  • Professor Samuel HH Chan — Emeritus Member (past-President)
  • Professor Nafeeza Mohd Ismail — Councilor
  • Professor Wen-Chang Chang — Councilor
  • Professor Guan-Hua Du — Councilor
  • Professor Masamitsu Iino — Councilor
  • Associate Professor Peter Molenaar — Councilor
  • Professor Zhi-Bin Lin — Councilor
  • Professor Jong-Keun Kim — Councilor
  • Associate Professor WS Fred Wong — Councilor

Past Council (2013-2016)

  • Professor Nafeeza Mohd Ismail — Malaysian Society of Pharmacology and Physiology
  • Professor Wen-Chang Chang — Pharmacological Society of Taiwan
  • Professor Guan-Hua Du — Chinese Pharmacological Society
  • Professor Masamitsu Iino — Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Associate Professor Peter Molenaar — Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists
  • Professor Zhi-Bin Lin — Chinese Pharmacological Society (Organiser of the 12th APFP Meeting)
  • Professor Dong Goo Kim — Korean Society of Pharmacology
  • Associate Professor Supratra Srichairat — Pharmacological and Therapeutics Society of Thailand

Past Presidents


2023-2026: Professor Naohiko Anzai
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Vice Research Director, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
Director, Chiba University Medical Library, Japan
afga5078★faculty.gs.chiba-u.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)



2021-2023: Professor Alastair Stewart
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
University of Melbourne, Australia
astew★unimelb.edu.au (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)


Professor Masayoshi Mishina


2016-2021: Professor Masayoshi Mishina
Brain Science Laboratory, The Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
mmishina★fc.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)


Professor Samuel HH Chan

2013-2016: Professor Samuel HH Chan
Distinguished Chair Professor and Director, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan
shhchan★adm.cgmh.org.tw (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)


2007-2013: Professor John Miners
Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University School of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
john.miners★flinders.edu.au (replace★mark with alphanumeric @ character)

2002-2007: Professor Masao Endoh
Clinical Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

1976-2001: Professor Michael J. Rand
Melbourne University, Australia