Background
Saxena, Pramod Ranjan was born on August 26, 1939 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Saxena, Pramod Ranjan was born on August 26, 1939 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bachelor of Science, Lucknow University, India, 1957. Bachelor of Medicine BChir, Lucknow University, India, 1962. Doctor of Medicine With honors, Lucknow University, India, 1965.
Intern King George's Medical College, Gandhi Memorial and Associated Hospitals, Lucknow, 1962. Family physician, 1962—1966. Junior demonstrator department pharmacology and therapeutics University Lucknow, 1962—1963, senior demonstrator department pharmacology and therapeutics, 1963—1965, lecturer pharmacology department pharmacology and therapeutics, 1965—1966.
Pharmacologist research division, cardiovascular section Organon International, Oss, Netherlands, 1966—1970. From assistant professor to associate professor department pharmacology Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 1970—1979, professor pharmacology department pharmacology, since 1980, vice-dean faculty medicine and health science, 1988—1991, chairman department pharmacology, since 1990. Managing director Erasmus Pharma B.V., since 1998.
Member Indiana Review Board, 1986—1990. Member executive committee Institute Addiction Research, 1989—1992. Vice-member, executive member Inter-University Cardiology Institute, 1990—1993.
Member executive board European Headache Foundation, since 1991. Member science advisory board Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, 1994—1998. Vice president European Headache Federation, since 2000.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences. Member: American Association for Study of Headache (Harold G. Wolff award 1973, John Graham award 1996), Dutch Pharmacology Society (chairman jury research prizes committee 1992-1996, member pharmacology vocational committee 1992-1999, chairman since 1999, since 1999), British Pharmacol. Society, Indian Pharmacology Society (life), Bataafse Genootschap, Dutch Migraine Foundation (member science advisory committee, member research committee 1998—2000), Anglo Dutch Migraine Association (member executive board, Marcia Wilkinson lecturer 1998), International Serotonin Club (president 1990-1992), Serotonin Club (member receptor nomenclature committee, vice president 1987-1990, president 1990-1992, immediate past president since 1992).