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The School of Pharmacy receives renewed Athena Swan Bronze award
The School of Pharmacy received their renewed Athena Swan Bronze award. This application was led by Dr Kevin Murphy, chair of the School of Pharmacy’s Athena SWAN team. Other members of this team included Prof Abina Crean, Prof Brendan Griffin, Prof Stephen Byrne, Dr Waleed Faisal, Dr Rachel Moloney, Dr Sonja Vucen, Ms Aine Healy, Ms Noreen Moynihan, Ms Laura Gleeson (postgraduate representative) and Ms Maria Mulrooney (undergraduate representative). Prof Brendan Griffin stated that the award “will encourage us to seek further opportunities to achieve even more success and, in this sense, enable us to excel further as a place where staff and students can fulfill personal career goals.” Dr Murphy said that “the success of the application is due to the staff and students of the School. Their daily embodiment of the Athena SWAN principles is what drives improvement and delivers impact. Seeing this, I am confident that the best days are ahead of us.” Ms Noreen Moynihan attended the 2022 Athena Awards Ceremony on behalf of the School of Pharmacy at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Castlebar on 8 November 2022.