Scott Rawls

 Scott Rawls is an assistant professor of pharmacology in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Temple University School of Pharmacy and Research Professor at the Center for Substance Abuse Research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rawls holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Chemistry and an earned a doctorate in neuroscience in 1999.

Rawls maintains an active research laboratory funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. He has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the past five years. In addition, Pharm.D. students conducting research under the direction of Dr. Rawls have received several research fellowships, including the Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Research Award and American Foundation of Pharmaceutical Education Award.

Rawls is also active in the education of both Pharm.D. (pharmacy) and graduate students. In the Pharm.D. curriculum, Dr. Rawls coordinates the Anatomy and Physiology course and teaches the cardiovascular and renal sections in the Pharmacology course. He is the recipient of several teaching awards, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Teaching Award in 2006 and Biological Sciences Teaching Award (Washington College) in 2003. Dr. Rawls is also co-author of a pharmacology text, Netter's Illustrated Pharmacology, which received the top honor for an illustrated medical text from the Association of Medical Illustrators in 2005. He is active in several professional societies and is a regular reviewer for a number of scientific journals, including the Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics, European Journal of Pharmacology, and Neuropharmacology.