The Clinical School announces with great sadness the death of Professor Alan Cuthbert, FRS, FBPhS, FMedSci.

Alan was Sheild Professor of Pharmacology 1979-1999 and Master of Fitzwilliam College from 1991-1999. In 2005 he received the Wellcome Gold Medal of the British Pharmacological Society, and he served as President of the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies from 2000 to 2002.

After his retirement in 1999 he joined the Department of Medicine and remained highly research active, publishing a first author paper just a year ago.

Details of a memorial service will be announced by Fitzwilliam College in due course.