Dr Michael Twigg is an independent research fellow at the School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia So, it is the Christmas break. Semester one has just finished and the e-mail traffic is beginning to die down and it is at this point that I can take a breather and reflect on my first year […]
Arthriting Research Published
An innovative research project exploring the relationship between identity and medication use amongst adolescents with arthritis has been published by Pharmacy Research UK. The ‘Arthriting’ project explored young people’s own views on how arthritis medication use impacts on their self-image and engagement with peers. The role of pharmacy in delivering services to young people with […]
Outline Bids Update
We’re in the process of notifying applicants of the outcome of their outline bid submissions to Pharmacy Research UK. Due to the large amount of bids received (a 300% increase on last time!), we have only been able to shortlist a small number of applicants as we’re only able to fund 6 applications this year. […]
Pharmacy Research UK seeks peer reviewers
Project Grants – Peer Reviewer Expression of Interest Form 2013 We are currently running our first round of project grant funding and are seeking to widen our pool of peer reviewers to ensure we have the broad range of individuals within and out-with pharmacy research with the diverse skills necessary to review our bids. We […]
Outline Bid Update
We have received an overwhelming number of outline bids for our project grant funding. Up 300% on the number received by one of our founding charities, PTECO, that offered similar grants in 2011/2012; for a small charity like us this is a huge increase! We’re really excited to have received so many interesting ideas for […]
Pharmacy Research UK at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference
Pharmacy Research UK will be at the RPS Conference on the 8th and 9th of September Along with colleagues from the National Institute of Health Research Primary Care Research Network and the RPS Research Department, we’ll be running a conference stand which showcases opportunities for pharmacists to get involved in research along with research resources […]
Media Workshop: Standing Up for Science
Sense About Science will be holding a Standing up for Science media workshop at the Physiological Society in London on Friday 20th September. This full day event is free and for early career researchers in all sciences, engineering, pharmacy and medicine (PhD students, post-docs or equivalent in first job). The workshop will combine discussion about science-related controversies in media reporting with practical […]
Pharmacy Research UK Award Winner Announced
Associate Professor Parisa Aslani has been announced as the winner of the Pharmacy Research UK award. The award will be presented on Monday the 9th of September at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Conference in Birmingham where she will deliver a plenary lecture entitled Written medicine information: A pathway to quality use of medicines Associate […]
Pharmacy Practice Research Wikipedia Page
We have created a Wikipedia page on Pharmacy Practice Research with which we hope to raise the profile of the discipline. We are in no way saying that this is the definitive statement on the scope of PPR and we would love your input to further develop the page. The page can be viewed here: […]
Pharmacy Research UK announces research funding for Pharmacists.
Pharmacy Research UK is accepting applications from pharmacists wishing to develop skills and experience in research relating to their practice. In line with our objective to promote the health of the public by educating pharmacists, we have two funding schemes which aim to develop research capacity and capability in pharmacy. The Personal Research Awards and […]
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- NIHR Pre-Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship Partnership Update
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