Academics at the Faculty of Pharmacy have recently been successful participants in securing funding under the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Scheme run by the Australian Research Council (ARC).
A joint article presented at the International Conference of Traditional Medicine (ICTM) was given the 'Excellent Paper' Award at Symposium 7 of the Conference, which explored the Efficacy, Safety and Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicines.
A University of Sydney project has developed the first searchable database providing information on the potentially hazardous interactions of prescription and herbal medicines.
The students developed a superb series of 'product road maps' that examine the development, production and marketing of pharmaceutical products, in an effort to promote socially responsible and environmentally sustainable business practices in this sector.
First year PhD Student, Joyce Gong was recently awarded 'Best Oral Presentation by a Basic Scientist' at the University of Sydney's Cancer Research Network Scientific Meeting.
Dr Bret Church, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Chair of the Faculty's Occupational Health and Safety Committee, has been nominated for this year's Peter Dunlop Memorial OH&S Award.
The Advance Drug Delivery Group has been awarded a three year Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant, entitled 'Engineering of composite particles to enhance performance in respiratory drug delivery'.
Taking Action Together for Asthma (TATA) is an inter-professional learning initiative for students from the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Twenty-one Pharmacy PhD students took part in the Faculty's Postgraduate Research Student Conference to give an update on their work, explain current investigations and outline the next steps for each of their projects.
Claire O'Reilly has just been awarded the Young Pharmacists Group (YPG) Grant for Professional Innovation 2009. The announcement was made by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Board of Directors during the FIP Congress in Istanbul, Turkey which ran from 3rd to the 8th September 2009.
The Pharmacy Education Unit has played a key role in the design and implementation of an online Pharmacy Experiential Learning Database which will allow academics to work together to improve the planning and delivery of experiential learning for pharmacy students throughout Australasia.
The team from the University of Sydney have just been awarded first prize at this year's Pharmacy Guild National Student Business Plan competition for the second year running. The competition is an Australia-wide challenge promoting entrepreneurship among students preparing for a career in community pharmacy.
Want to become a Pharmacist? Come along on the 11th of August for information and your questions answered on the Graduate Entry Master of Pharmacy degree.
Dr Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice in the Faculty of Pharmacy has been awarded one of the University of Sydney's inaugural Thompson Fellowships.
Individual professions within the healthcare sector will be united for the first time to improve asthma care for patients as part of a new research initiative led by the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Anjana Rao, Bachelor of Pharmacy 4th Year, has been named as the University of Sydney's representative in the state-wide Pharmacy Student of the Year competition run by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
Cancer researchers in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney received over $630,000 in research project grant awards at the Cancer Research Awards held this week.
Professor Paul Groundwater has recently been appointed as Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and will be presenting his research on bacterial detection and the design of new drugs for the treatment of psoriasis.
Professor Michelline Piquette-Miller from the University of Toronto will be speaking on drug transporters at her seminar as part of the Faculty of Pharmacy's Seminar Series on Thursday 30th April.
Three of Australia's leaders in pharmacy will take part in the University of Sydney's first Public Pharmacy Symposium for its Pharmacy Alumni on Tuesday 12th May.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has awarded two Rural and Remote Pharmacy Scholarships to students from the Faculty. Pharmacists play a key role in maintaining the health of all Australians however there is a serious shortage of pharmacists working in rural areas.
Pharmaceutical companies and professional pharmacy organisations have joined the University of Sydney in awarding over $88,000 to the Faculty of Pharmacy's highest achieving students during a special Awards Ceremony.
Associate Professor Mary Collins from the Faculty's Pharmaceutical Chemistry Discipline has joined the Pharmaceutical Subcommittee of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC).
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney congratulates Ross Brown, who has been named an Honorary Fellow of the University on Friday 20th March.
Researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney are celebrating after receiving funding from the NSW Asthma Foundation, announced at the Foundation's Awards Night.
A team of Faculty researchers has designed a new management program for asthma sufferers. Research over the last 8 years has resulted in a new management model for people with asthma, which is effective in producing positive outcomes and health benefits for asthma sufferers.
PhD student, Elle Feletto, was awarded 1st prize for the best oral Pharmacy Practice presentation at the recent Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) conference in Canberra.
Dr Alaina Ammit, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, has announced that applications for the Faculty of Pharmacy PhD Scholarships (FPPS) are now open.
The Faculty has taken an important step to strengthen the bond with its alumni community by creating a new Alumni and Development Officer joint position with the University's Alumni Relations Office.