An overview of the safety pharmacology career of Dr. C.R. Hassler

M A Hawk; M K Pugsley; T Vinci; J Wallery; C R Hassler; R L Hamlin

doi:10.1016/j.vascn.2017.04.005

An overview of the safety pharmacology career of Dr. C.R. Hassler

J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods. 2017 Sep:87:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.vascn.2017.04.005. Epub 2017 Apr 17.

Authors

M A Hawk¹, M K Pugsley², T Vinci³, J Wallery³, C R Hassler³, R L Hamlin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Life Sciences Research, Battelle, West Jefferson, OH 43162, USA. Electronic address: hawkm@battelle.org.
² Department of Toxicology/PKDM, Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford, CT 06901, USA.
³ Life Sciences Research, Battelle, West Jefferson, OH 43162, USA.
⁴ QTest Labs, LLC., Columbus, OH 43235, USA.

PMID: 28428100
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2017.04.005

Abstract

Each year the Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS) recognizes an investigator who has had a marked impact upon the discipline. The 2016 recipient of the SPS Distinguished Service Award (DSA) was Dr. Craig R. Hassler. Dr. Hassler is one of the founding members of the SPS and has been actively engaged in physiological research for over 46years. Dr. Hassler delivered a talk entitled "My 43Years at Battelle Memorial Institute" to meeting attendees. In this article an overview is provided of the illustrious career of Dr. Hassler along with an account of the numerous animal models that were developed at Battelle under his guidance over the years.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article

MeSH terms

Animals
Awards and Prizes*
Career Mobility*
Disease Models, Animal
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / history
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Laboratory Personnel / history*
Pharmacology / history*
Societies, Scientific / history*

Personal name as subject

C R Hassler