Professor Sharron Dolan
Interim Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Associate Dean
School of Health and Life SciencesProfessor Sharron Dolan is Interim Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Associate Dean Research in the School of Health and Life Science at Glasgow Caledonian University. Sharron was appointed Professor in Pharmacology in 2021. She has over a decade of experience in senior academic leadership having taken up the position of Associate Dean Research in School of Health and Life Science in January 2023, following a period as Assistant Head of Department then Head of Department (HoD) of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at GCU.
Her research over the past 25 years has focussed on understanding the neuronal mechanisms of pain and analgesia. As part of the Research Centre for Health (ReacH), her research sits within the molecular mechanisms of long-term conditions theme and aims to identify novel targets for the treatment of pain. More recently her research has focussed on understanding the links between obesity, diabetes and chronic pain, and the development of new therapeutic strategies, including natural products, for the treatment of diabetic neuropathies. She has published over 30 research papers in internationally recognised journals, successfully supervised six PhD students to completion as DoS and second supervised eight to completion. She received funding from UK Research Councils, Industry and Charity funders.