Robert Gray Robin Shanks CBE (born 4 April 1934) is a British retired clinical pharmacologist, specialising in Beta adrenergic blocking drugs.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours, For Services to Medicine.
[2] Jointly with Sir James Black (Nobel Prize winner in 1988) he discovered the beta-blocking drug, propranolol, in 1962.
He published many research articles on beta blockers during his tenure at Queens University Belfast.
[5] He was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) in 1986[6] [7] He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1991 to 1997 and acting Vice-Chancellor in 1998 of Queens University Belfast.