Spasov Alexander Alekseevich (Russia) graduated with honors from the Medical Faculty of the Volgograd Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Medical Institute in 1970. In 1972, I entered postgraduate studies at the Department of Pharmacology of the Volgograd State Medical Institute. In 1975, he defended his thesis, after which he continued to work in the Central Research Laboratory of VSMI. In 1983, I became an associate professor of the Department of Pharmacology of VSMI. In 1984, he defended his doctoral dissertation. Since 1990, he has been the head of the Department of Pharmacology and Bioinformatics at VolgSMU. 1991–2019: Vice-Rector of VolgSMU for Educational Work with Foreign Students and International Activities In 2004, I became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences in the specialty "pharmacology", in 2011, an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and in 2013, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2019-2020: an adviser to the rectorate of VolgSMU 2021: Scientific Director of the Scientific Center for Innovative Medicines at VolgSMU. He was awarded the honorary title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation in 1999. Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010), he was awarded the Certificate of Merit of the President of the Russian Federation (2013).