Mark Magas is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Cumbria and Subject Lead for Pharmacology and Prescribing at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Mark teaches pharmacology to undergraduate biomedical sciences students, and other healthcare professionals. He has had many years of experience teaching on post-graduate non-medical prescribing programmes in the past and is as currently working with the postgraduate medical school on pharmacology and prescribing. Mark is a Pharmacist, registered with the GPhC and a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.