The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 No 7490 p205
23 February 2008

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Research trust seeks partnerships with social sciences

Academic partnerships to explore pharmacy practice in the wider context of law and ethics, social science, health economics, epidemiology and psychology are being sought by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust.

The trust is inviting PhD supervisors to submit expressions of interest for developing collaborative applications to either the Arts and Humanities Research Council or the Economic and Social Research Council.

“With the pharmacist’s extending clinical role and integration into mainstream healthcare there is an increasing need for pharmacy research to move from a largely science-based professional model to one that incorporates social science and philosophy,” said Sue Ambler, director of the PPRT.

The deadline for submissions of expressions of interest is 2 June 2008.

Guidance and application forms are available online or from Beth Allen, research programme co-ordinator at the PPRT (e-mail beth.allen@rpsgb.org, tel 020 7572 2466).