Dr Martin Hawes

Martin originally trained as a hospital pharmacist before moving to the pharmaceutical industry, where he spent 20 years in human drug discovery and development. In 2012, he took a career break to read veterinary medicine, and graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 2016. Martin worked as a companion animal vet before joining the University of Surrey in 2018 part-time to teach veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics. Martin is Section Head for Small Animal Medicine within the Discipline of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. He is active in Health Professions Education research, with a particular interest in the pedagogy of pharmacology. 

In addition to his role at Surrey, Martin is a Visiting Associate Professorial Teaching Fellow at the Aston University Pharmacy School and a Resident of the European College of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. Martin is a member of the Veterinary Products Committee, the advisory body to the UK Government on veterinary medicinal products and animal feed additives. He is a Trustee and Director of the Academy of Medical Educators and serves on the British Pharmacological Society's Education and Training Committee. He co-leads the Veterinary Educators in Pharmacology Special Interest Group (VEPSIG) and the Active Learning Network Global Educator Exchange.

Martin was awarded the British Pharmacological Society Student Choice Award for Excellence in Pharmacology Teaching in 2021, the British Small Animal Veterinary Association Amoroso Award for Teaching in 2022, and the British Pharmacological Society Rang Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching in 2024. Martin was awarded the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Teaching Award in 2025.