School of Pharmacy

At an exciting event this week at the School of Pharmacy, forty students from Munster secondary schools attended an Open Day on 29th June designed to enhance their understanding of Pharmacy as a discipline, the UCC Pharmacy degree program and career opportunities in Pharmacy.  The purpose of the initiative was to help inform students who may be considering a career in Pharmacy or the Pharmaceutical Sciences.  The focus of the day centred on providing the attendees with an appreciation for the disciplines which underpin the B.Pharm programme and also to explore the many career opportunities open to the graduate pharmacist.

If you have ever considered a career in Pharmacy or would like to learn about the many options leading from a B.Pharm degree, come along to UCC - we need to see if you are any good at making tablets or  advising patients!

For more details and registration,

contact: pharmacy@ucc.ie or

021 4901662

The 2nd Annual Research Conference of the SFI-funded Irish Drug Delivery Network (IDDN) Strategic Research Cluster was held at the School of Pharmacy in UCC on June, 17^th  2010.

This one day conference brought together leading investigators from the IDDN with invited international speakers on the topic of novel advanced technologies and assessments of drug delivery. The conference attempted to increase the networking capacity of IDDN through co-sponsorship with the UK-Ireland Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (UKICRS) and to provide an annual platform for discussion of drug delivery research in Ireland.

The School of Pharmacy would like to congratulate its graduating class of 2010.
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Tuesday 13th July 2010

1.00-2.00pm 

Dr. Laura Sahm.

Health Literacy: “Can we raise the bar in communication
with patients?”  

Venue: UG 23

Cavanagh Pharmacy Building 

All are welcome

Experts are warning against complacency towards the H1N1 virus, saying it ‘has a sting in its tail’ and will be back this way come winter, writes Claire O'Connell in the article "I think that swine flu is still going to cause trouble, says virology professor"- The Irish Times - Tues, June, 08 2010

Stress, especially that occurring in early life and childhood, is a major predisposing factor to developing pain symptoms associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome according to a study by UCC scientists to be published in the prestigious academic journal Gastroenterology in June.
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and PharmaChemical Ireland (PCI) will host a forum at UCC’s Cavanagh Pharmacy Building on Thursday, May 27th 2010 which will showcase SFI funded research to the Irish pharmaceutical industry.

Conference with UKICRS,

"Advancing Drug Delivery"

Thursday 17th June 2010

School of Pharmacy, UCC

Contact: Graham Armstrong  for more information

Tuesday 11th May 2010

1:00-2:00pm

PROF. CAITRIONA O’DRISCOLL

Will silence prevail! Can non-viral delivery technologies ‘knockdown’ the challenge of siRNA?  

Venue: U G 23
Cavanagh Pharmacy Building

  All are welcome

Tuesday 16^th March 2010

1.00-2.00pm

PROFESSOR JULIA KENNEDY

Is Paracetamol Safe?
Venue: U G 23

Cavanagh Pharmacy Building

All are welcome

Over 80 delegates from within the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland gathered at UCC on February 26th 2010 to hear eminent keynote speakers discuss the role of the ‘Qualified Person’ (QP) in the pharmaceutical sector.
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The School of Pharmacy is hosting 

a Qualified Person (QP) Symposium entitled: 

‘The role of QP - The paradigm for the 21st century’  

on 26^th February 2010 in LG51 at the School of Pharmacy, University College Cork.

Tuesday 16^th February 2010

1.00-2.00pm 

DR. STEPHEN BYRNE

(School of Pharmacy, UCC) 

  Appropriate Use of Medicines in Ireland 
Venue: U G 23

Cavanagh Pharmacy Building  

Pharmacy postgraduate students raised over €2,500 for the Haitian relief effort by holding a cake sale in the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building. The money will be divided between Haven and Médecins Sans Frontières (Haiti).

   The event will take place in the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, Room UG23 from 1:30 - 2:30
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Dr. David W. Newton, Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences in the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy (BJDSOP) of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, and his wife Dr. Marian Newton, Professor of Nursing and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy in the BJDSOP, welcomed third year UCC Pharmacy student Sheila O’Loughlin to the United States of America on June 25th 2009.
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Final-year Pharmacy students at UCC are this week (September 21st-23rd) participating in a three-day Business Seminar at the university.
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The Cavanagh Pharmacy Building (CPB) is widely recognised as a state-of-the-art infrastructure for teaching and research across all aspects of the Pharmaceutical Sciences. In addition, it plays a critical role for interaction with external stakeholders in the healthcare and industrial arenas. Included in the building is a unique industry suite designed to facilitate partnership with pharmaceutical companies ranging from start-up companies to multinational organisations. The School is delighted to welcome its new partner to occupy this suite from October 2010 – NexPhar.

The Seminar which has been sponsored for the past four years by United Drug, provides the students with opportunities to hear presentations from a range of experts. 

Wednesday, 6^th October 2010

1.00-2.00pm

Prof. Natalie Medlicott

  (Prof of Clinical Pharmacy, Assoc. Dean Undergraduate Programmes and Admissions, New Zealand's National School of Pharmacy University of Otago®)

Drug Delivery in Clinical Pharmacy: Getting the Best out of Medicines

Venue: UG 23

Cavanagh Pharmacy Building

All are welcome

This event marked the end of an innovative 3 day Business Seminar held each year for the final year Pharmacy students to provide them with an introduction to the skills they will need in their future careers.
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