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School of Pharmacy Seminar Series: Cathy Harrison Date:Tuesday, 27th September 2022, 09:00-10:00 Venue: Pharmacy Building LG01
The School of Pharmacy invites you to a seminar by
Cathy Harrison
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
Title: A Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s perspective on leadership, professionalism and the future of pharmacy practice.
Date: Tuesday, 27th September 2022, 09:00-10:00
Venue: Pharmacy Building LG01
Biography:
Cathy Harrison is the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Northern Ireland. In this role, Cathy is the head of the pharmacy profession and the most senior professional advisor to government and the Minister of Health on pharmaceutical and medicines issues.
Cathy is a qualified pharmacist and undertook her pharmacy undergraduate degree at Liverpool John Moore’s University. Cathy has also completed a postgraduate degree at Queen’s University, Belfast. After graduation in 1989, Cathy worked in community pharmacy in England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland before joining the Department of Health in 2005 as Principal Pharmaceutical Officer. She was later promoted to Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer before taking up the role of Chief Pharmaceutical Officer from January 2019.
Cathy leads a wide-ranging work programme involving pharmacy and medicines policy and legislation, including leading the Department of Health’s response to EU transition and the Northern Ireland pharmacy response to Covid-19 and post-pandemic rebuilding of the Health and Social Care Service.