Dr Ramin Rohanizadeh, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Devices (ACMD) at the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Three innovative and important research projects involving asthma, cancer and drug therapy led by staff at the Faculty of Pharmacy have been awarded coveted National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) grants.
Pharmacy researchers at the University of Sydney are warning HSC students to take it easy on caffeine, alcohol and smoking during Schoolies Week, particularly young women using oral contraception.
The University of Sydney was a supporter of the International Forum and Exhibition on Integrative Medicine successfully held in Chatswood on 21-23 October in Sydney.
Community pharmacists throughout Australia are invited to participate in the National Medication Safety Week (NMSW) initiative to highlight patient safety issues in the primary health care environment.
Join us for the inaugural Faculty of Pharmacy fundraising dinner. Enjoy an evening of entertainment and catching up with friends while helping to raise money for cancer research.
Faculty of Pharmacy PhD student, Vidya Perera has discovered the different diets and lifestyles of South Asians compared to Europeans could lead to the two groups requiring very different doses of medicines commonly used to treat illnesses such as depression and psychosis.
Ben Basger, postgraduate research student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, was the runner up in the University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, held earlier this month.
Claire O'Reilly, Associate Lecturer and current PhD candidate at the Faculty of Pharmacy has been appointed as a national Vice-President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
Dr Betty Chaar, lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the Faculty of Pharmacy has recently been voted in as the President of the Australian Association of Professional & Applied Ethics (AAPAE).
The China Studies Centre (CSC) of the University of Sydney is supporting work on the regulation and testing of Chinese medicines in China and Australia in order to inform the safe use of Chinese herbal medicines in Western countries.
Dr Rebekah Moles, Dr Betty Chaar and Jonathan Penm from the Faculty of Pharmacy have been awarded a Chinese Studies Centre (CSC) grant to support their research looking at hospital pharmacists' influence on prescribing in the Western Pacific Region.
The Faculty of Pharmacy would like to acknowledge one of our pharmacy alumni, Emeritus Professor Mark Rowe, who passed away earlier this year. Mark will be sadly missed by his peers and colleagues and his passing is a great loss to Australia's research community.
Do you know of someone who should be recognised with a Pharmacy Alumni Award for Achievement? The Pharmacy Alumni Association is calling for nominations for it's two Alumni Awards for pharmacy graduates. Closing date for nomination is Friday 1 April.
Mr. John Bronger, Director of the Chemist Works group of pharmacies and member of the Dean's Community Pharmacy Reference group has been honoured in the Australia Day 2011 Honours List.
Dr Phil Mayer, President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), recently visited the University of Sydney's student chapter at the Faculty of Pharmacy, to present on his work with Pfizer and on his pharmacokinetics background.
The 2010 Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) conference was held from the 6th - 9th December 2010 at the University of Queensland's Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence.