Cardiff and Nottingham universities win right to host Academic Excellence Awards for 2008
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has named the two schools of pharmacy that will be hosting an Academic Excellence Award in 2008. They are Cardiff University and Nottingham University.
Cardiff University will host an award for “Detection of lipopolysaccharide
pyrogens by molecularly imprinted polymers”, with supervision from
Chris Allender, Mark Gumbleton, Stephen Denyer and J. Y. Maillard.
The University of Nottingham will host an award for “Selective
inhibitors for nuclear receptors: an alternative to anti-hormone therapies”,
with supervision from David Heery.
Relaunched in 2006, the Academic Excellence Awards are designed to increase
the number of pharmacists who enter and stay in academia as a career
by providing funding to enable exceptional pharmacists and pharmacy graduates
to undertake PhD training. The scheme promotes the important role played
by members of the academic workforce in developing and leading the profession
of pharmacy.
From 23 applications for the awards, the two successful schools were
selected using a process of peer review by a panel of pharmacy academics.
Stephen Denyer, Society Council member and head of the Welsh School of
Pharmacy at Cardiff University, said: “The Welsh School of Pharmacy
is delighted to have its research training recognised through the award
of a studentship funded through the Society’s Academic Excellence
Award scheme. The student will join a multidisciplinary environment where
our research is directed towards practical application for patient benefit.”
Saul Tendler, head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham,
said: “I was thrilled to learn that we have been successful in
this prestigious competition. Winning such an award adds to our internationally
leading research base and further boosts our buoyant postgraduate research
activities. At the same time the award pleasingly provides us with strong
and continued links with the Society.”
Society Secretary and Registrar Ann Lewis, who is chairman of the Academic
Excellence Awards panel, said: “Pharmacy is entering a period of
great change and development. At this time it is fundamental that we
continue to encourage the best pharmacists and pharmacy graduates to
continue into postgraduate research and training, ensuring the brightest
possible future for the profession. The two successful schools were selected,
in part, for the excellent research environment and supervisory experience
they will provide to researchers choosing an academic career path.”
The Academic Excellence Award scheme for 2009 will be launched at the
earlier time of January 2008 and the closing date for
project applications will be in mid-March 2008.
Further details about the scheme are available from Nana Clarke (tel
020 7572 2275 or e-mail nana.clarke@rpsgb.org).
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