Biography
Professor David Williams qualified in Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in 1994. He was awarded a PhD in 2002 for his work on pharmacoepidemiology. Following completion of Higher Medical Training at St James Hospital, Dublin he was appointed consultant Clinical Pharmacologist and Stroke Physician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in 2002. He served as Clinical Vice-President of the British Pharmacological Society from 2007 to 2010. He is currently the managing editor of the European journal of Clinical Pharmacology. In 2009, he was appointed Associate Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland / Beaumont Hospital, where he has helped develop the Acute Stroke Service and undergraduate teaching curriculum . He is currently the National Speciality Director of training for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He was appointed Professor of Stroke Medicine in 2018.He has served as president of the Irish Association of Pharmacologists and is the current National Director of the Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) programme.