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Prof. Chris McGuigan at his desk in December 2010
REF sub-panel 3 includes Professor McGuigan from the Welsh School of Pharmacy

Chris McGuigan joins three other representatives from Pharmacy on the panel for Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy

 

Prof Baxter receiving the Naranjan Dhalla award in India 2011
Professor Baxter receives the Naranjan Dhalla award

The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences award for Innovative Investigators 

 

Presidents Scholars in Drug Discovery & development - group with speakers
President's Research Scholars in Drug Discovery & development report findings after 4 months

The six scholars present posters at the Entrepreneurship symposium.

EU Framework Programme 7 logo
Prestigious E.U. grant for a consortium centred on the Welsh School of Pharmacy

27/01/2011

Wales-Ireland industry-academia partnership in smart drug delivery fits government vision and promises improved therapies.

Prof Baillie with Prof Mitat Sahin outside Kafkas University, Turkey
Major Home Office research grant to support Anthrax research

12/01/2011

Prof Les Baillie  has been awarded £267,003  to evaluate the  ability  of  environmentally friendly  biocides to remediate anthrax spore contaminated environments.
Jan Balzarini in December 2010
Jan Balzarini appointed Honorary Visiting Professor by Cardiff University

In recognition of many years collaboration with colleagues in the Welsh School of Pharmacy

Key outcome from phase II trial of FV-100, a potential anti-shingles drug
FV-100 shows promise as an anti-shingles drug from phase 2 clinical trial

14/12/2010

Results announced by Inhibitex  for their Phase 2 trial of FV-100, a drug developed by Professor Chris McGuigan at the Welsh School of Pharmacy.

Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration
Dr Emma Lane given a leadership role in NECTAR

29/11/2010

The Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration (NECTAR) elects Emma Lane as their new President-Elect.

Roger Walker
Professor Roger Walker appointed Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Wales

27/11/2010

Dr Tony  Jewell, CMO for Wales, made the announcement on Friday 29th November

Environment Logo
Pharmacy Baseline Environmental Review completed

26/10/2010

A Task & Finish Group  recently completed a  Review of the School’s activities including its current environmental management and compliance with environmental legislation.

Helen Jarvis & Beth Stevenson MPharm4 student 2010
Two Pharmacy Final year students complete the Cardiff Half-Marathon for the Parkinson Disease Society

20/10/2010

Helen Jarvis and Beth Stevenson, final year students in WSP, completed the Half-Marathon on Sunday 17th October

3D structure of FV-100, a potential anti-shingles drug
Phase 2 clinical trial of FV-100 nears completion

18/10/2010

Inhibitex announces that it has completed recruitment  of 350 shingles patients for their Phase 2 trial of FV-100, a drug developed by Professor Chris McGuigan at the Welsh School of Pharmacy.

Vernon Lloyd Lecture Theatre - renaming - Lloyd family group
Celebration of two former Heads of School

28/09/2010

The Lecture Theatre is renamed the Vernon Lloyd Lecture Theatre and Professor Stephen Denyer unveils his photograph to hang in the main stairwell.
Arwyn Jones plus hosts at CSIR in Pretoria Sept 2010
Tuberculosis Research and Lecture visit to South Africa

17/09/2010

   Dr Arwyn Jones visited South Africa as part of a collaborative Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation research award to study new methods for targeting the Tuberculosis bacterium in macrophages.

An Image of Dr Glyn Taylor, full time member of staff in the Welsh School of Pharmacy
Personal Chair awarded to Dr. Glyn Taylor

The University confers the title Professor of Drug Delivery on Dr Glyn Taylor

3D structure/image of INX-189 anti-hepatitis C drug
Anti-Hepatitis C drug INX-189 successfully completes phase 1a trial in humans

A novel 'Pro Tide' drug, first synthesised in the Welsh School of Pharmacy less than 2 years ago, has been successfully tested in humans  by the U.S. biopharmaceutical company Inhibitex.

Welsh School of Pharmacy 90in09 Logo
Staff Promotions 2010

Staff promotions to senior lecturer and reader

Welsh School of Pharmacy Graduation 2009class photo
National Student Survey shows Cardiff equal first on student satisfaction

10/08/2010

NSS puts Cardiff equal first on 'overall satisfaction'

Professor Gary Baxter with DSc thesis
Professor Gary Baxter is appointed Acting Head of School

The Vice Chancellor has announced that Prof Gary Baxter will become Acting HoS with effect from 1st August 2010.

Cover of  WSP Annual Review of Research  2009
Annual Review of Research 2009 published

WSP Annual Review of Research 2009 published July 2010

Welsh School of Pharmacy Graduation 2010 view of reception
Pharmacy Graduation Ceremony 16th July 2010

The 2010 graduation ceremony for pharmacy graduates took place on Friday 16th July.

Professor Zhongwei Gu and Dr Chris Allender outside National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu  June 2010
Dr Allender renews and extends link with Sichuan University in China

Dr Chris Allender re-visited  the National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu in China during the week of 21st - 25th June 2010

 

All news from the School

Events

 

 

WSP Research Froum 2011 - advertising poster
WSP Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Forum 2011  -  19 April 2011
Location: New Lecture Theatre, Redwood Building

Presentations of research outcomes from staff and plenary lecture from Prof Peterson

PGResearchDay2010-General view of posters
WSP Post-Graduate Research Day 2011  -  20 April 2011
Location: Workshop 1 and New Lecture Theatre, Redwood Building

Presentations of research outcomes from PhD students in WSP

 

 

WSP Research Seminars Jan - March 2011

 

Details of next Seminar

 

Seminar 9th March 2011  -  9 March 2011
NLT, Room 2.60c

Dr Rose Cooper,  UWIC  will lead the seminar on:

What goes around, comes around: honey for wounds

 

Seminar 16th March 2011  -  16 March 2011
NLT, Room 2.60c

Prof Roger Griffin,  University of Newcastle   will lead the seminar on:

Modulation of DNA Damage - Response Pathways in Cancer Therapy

 

Previous events in the School

 

Making Money and Discovering New Medicines

an archive webcast of this symposium held on Jan 20th  is now available

                 details on this page