Dr Robert Kinobe is an associate professor of pathophysiology, pharmacology and toxicology in preclinical veterinary sciences, College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University. He attained a bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery with Honours at Makerere University, after which he worked as a veterinarian and associate lecturer at the same university for three years. In 2004, Robert completed a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Queensland, and this was followed by two postdoctoral research fellowships at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. Robert is not in clinical practice presently, but he shares a passion for clinical pharmacology and toxicology and undergraduate as well as postgraduate teaching. Robert is a qualified member and past president of the Veterinary Pharmacology Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology.