2008 News archive
BPSA McNeill Responding to Symptoms competition
December 2008
Congratulations to 1st year MPharm student Joshua Igbineweka who recently won the Medway School of Pharmacy round of the annual Responding to Symptoms competition.
Non Medical Prescribing programme gains RPSGB approval for next 3 years
December 2008
The Non Medical Prescribing programmes’ most recent approval from the RPSGB has provided accreditation for the next three years.
Royal Society Research Grant Award
Autumn 2008
Dr Stephen Kelley (Biological Sciences) has recently been awarded a research grant from the Royal Society to study modulation of GABA-A receptors by ethanol and protein kinase C.
Award of Sir Hugh Linstead fellowship
October 2008
Trudy Thomas (Clinical and Professional Practice) has recently been awarded a Sir Hugh Linstead fellowship to study the effectiveness of a community pharmacy based physical activity counselling service in the adjunctive treatment of mild to moderate depression.
Excellent National Student Survey (NSS) Results for Medway School of Pharmacy
September 2008
For the second successive year in the NSS the Medway School of Pharmacy has achieved excellent results and student comments.
Nature Publication: retinal ganglion cells and the circadian clock
Summer 2008
Dr Gurprit Lall (Biological Sciences) is joint first author of a recent publication in Nature on the importance of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells in non-image forming vision (Guler et al 2008, Nature 453: 102-105).
Historic graduation day for Medway School of Pharmacy
July 2008
University students made history on Friday (11 July 2008) at Medway School of Pharmacy’s graduation ceremony.
Pharmacy student's world-class experience in Brazil
Friday, February 8, 2008
A Medway School of Pharmacy student has broadened both her academic and cultural horizons after undertaking a three-month work placement in Brazil.
Hundreds herald launch of Medway Pharmacy Students’ Association
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
More than five hundred students came together to celebrate the launch of the Medway Pharmacy Students' Association (MPSA) at the Universities at Medway campus.
Harry Persaud Funds Scholarship for Pharmacy Student
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Medway School of Pharmacy student Marjan Manoucherhri has been awarded a £1000 annual scholarship, funded by Bexley councillor, Harry Persaud.
