University of Newcastle
Australia
The School prides itself
on its reputation as one of the University's most research-intensive, as our
external research income now exceeds $12m per year and we have approximately
100 graduate researchers enrolled.
Pharmacy is an essential
part of the healthcare system that reaches into almost all aspects of medicine
and healthcare with special emphasis on the manufacture, the supply,
appropriate use and effects of medicines. The school focuses on the quality use
of medicines in patient care. The School
of Biomedical Sciences
Experimental pharmacology is the study of drug action and interaction with
living organisms.
The study area teaches students in a range of degrees about the effects and actions of drugs. The discipline also teaches and prepares students to become pharmacists.
The study area teaches students in a range of degrees about the effects and actions of drugs. The discipline also teaches and prepares students to become pharmacists.
Students also have the
choice of completing the Master of Pharmacy, which allows the
graduates from the school to go on to be registered to practice pharmacy in
both the public and private sectors.
RESEARCH WITHIN THE SCHOOL
This area of study is well placed to capitalise on
the research infrastructure available within the School in order to development
the pharmacy research program. Although the Master of Pharmacy is a new
program, experimental pharmacology had been operational in the school for a
number of years before forming the discipline of 'pharmacy and experimental
pharmacology'.
* Brain and Mental Health
* Cancer
* Cardiovascular Health
* Public Health
* Vaccines, Immunity, Viruses & Asthma (VIVA)
Our pharmacy staff have
strong research records and have the ability to drive the development of
pharmacy research at the University
of Newcastle
The research objectives of the staff contributing to Pharmacy and
Experimental Pharmacology are:
* Enhancing the
application of evidence-based practice by pharmacists in the management of
minor illnesses
* Examining the use of
medicines and nutrition in the community with a focus on food additives and
non-prescription medications
* Development and
testing of innovative teaching and training methods for pharmacy students as
well as training for pharmacists* Development of methods of drug analysis for
measuring stability of drug formulation in particular antibiotic drugs
* Examining
over-the-counter medication use, including alternative and complementary
medicines, in pregnancy (particularly during weeks 1-8/9 of pregnancy) and
evaluating the role of pharmacists in providing advice in this area
* To elucidate the role
of neuroactive steroids and eicosanoids in brain injury during fetal
development and use of new prostaglandin synthase inhibitors for the prevention
of premature labour. To further the understanding of the cause(s) of
schizophrenia and develop better diagnosis, treatment and preventative
strategies for the disorder
A number of research
clusters are being developed that will draw upon existing research strengths
within the School, Faculty of Health and Medicine and the John Hunter
Hospital
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