Professor Michael Heinrich,
Professor of Pharmacognosy, The UCL School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
Topic “ Ethnopharmacology and Drug discovery”
Professor Michael Heinrich is a Professor in Pharmacognosy (Medicinal Plant research) at the University College London. His research is based on a transdisciplinary perspective integrating approaches from the natural and social sciences with an overall aim of tackling the fast changing global health needs focusing on the use of plant derived products as ‘medicinal plants’, ‘health foods’ or nutraceuticals, botanicals and the like. It integrated methodological approaches from ethnopharmacology, medicinal plant research, pharmacy practice, and anthropology.