Cardiff University merger set to provide opportunities
Opportunities for the Welsh school of pharmacy will arise from a merger currently under way between Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine, says Ken Broadley, acting head of the school.
Professor Broadley told The Journal that the merger will enable pharmacy
undergraduates to be taught alongside students from other disciplines.
He said: “We will aim to create integration between health care
professionals, on the undergraduate course and also in the students’ minds.
Initially we plan to teach aspects of pharmacology and oncology together
with nursing and medical students.” He added that the merger will
also provide more opportunities for collaborative research.
“We have already been working with the medical school but now that
we are part of the same faculty we can increase this collaboration. Areas
in which we are looking to enhance our collaborations are medicinal chemistry,
drug delivery, cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology.”
Students and staff from the college of medicine transferred to Cardiff
University at the start of this month. |
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