Dissertation abstracts and project descriptions 2018

Abstract

Who are your Heroes in Pharmacy? Heroes in pharmacy are those who leave a mark in our pharmaceutical life. Leadership is key in the impact on the pharmaceutical profession. Professors and teaching academics are the first that come to mind as being heroes in their role models. Students are definitely heroes of pharmacy, certainly heroes of our Department because it is always important to keep in mind that a University Department is relevant if it gives the greatest importance to its students. All students. The Department of Pharmacy is blessed with all possibilities of pharmaceutical sciences students starting from the Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Technology going on to the professional Bachelors in Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Master in Pharmacy onto the Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences encompassing areas of specialisation in Hospital Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics and Regulatory Sciences. One cannot but not mention the highly successful international degree of the Doctorate in Pharmacy, a highly challenging degree carried out in collaboration with the College of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois in Chicago. Heroes in pharmacy are definitely our Ph.D. graduates and candidates because it is they who move the areas of excellence encompassed by the Department forward, whether ranging from studies in pharmaceutical chemistry such as the determination of drugs in biological fluids to pharmacogenetics, big data, green chemistry in pharmaceutical synthesis, aspects of risk and regulatory sciences as well as clinical planning and pharmaceutical care aspects in areas of specialisation such as cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis. The Department has witnessed seven such heroes graduating in recent years. [Foreword by Professor Anthony Serracino-Inglott]