Dr. Terry Kenakin

About Dr. Terry Kenakin

After obtaining a BSc in chemistry at the University of Alberta Edmonton Canada, Terry received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, Canada. Dr. Kenakin then moved to the UK, where he did a post-doctoral fellowship in University College London with Sir James Black.

His next stop took him to Burroughs-Wellcome (BW) in Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina USA. After 7 years at BW, Dr. Kenakin joined Glaxo Inc in RTP where he remained for 25 years through iterations of Glaxo Inc, GlaxoWellcome, and finally GlaxoSmithKline.

Since 2011, Terry works at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill NC. His interests are in receptor pharmacology, allosteric protein function, and drug discovery.

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