Pharmacy Research Innovation Day
To promote awareness of the School of Pharmacy’s research goals and as part of Pharmacist Awareness Month (PAM) 2015, the school will host Pharmacy Research Innovation Day on Thursday, March 19.
From 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to peruse posters from undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers in this booth-style showcase. This showcase takes place in the Health Sciences Centre Main Foyer.
From 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., three mini-presentations will be given in the Health Sciences Centre Auditorium, highlighting the three strategic research focus areas and discussing how the expanding scope of pharmacy practice can help alleviate strains on our health care system to create greater efficiency and sustainability.
Order of Events:
12:00-12:20 p.m.: Research in the School of Pharmacy: The Strategic Path to Intensification
Dr. Carlo Marra (dean) will provide an overview of the research mission in the School of Pharmacy over the next three to five years.
12:20-12:40 p.m.: The Newfoundland and Labrador Bariatric Surgery Study: Health Outcomes
Dr. Laurie Twells will discuss obesity in Newfoundland and Labrador, bariatric surgery as a treatment for obesity, the bariatric surgery patient and post-surgery health outcomes.
12:40-1:30 p.m.: Thinking Critically in Pharmacy Education
Dr. John Hawboldt and co-investigator Dr. Beverly Fitzpatrick conducted an analysis of course objectives and classroom assessment in two therapeutics classes. They determined that insufficient critical thinking was being taught to and expected from the students. Consequently, changes were made and a current study is being conducted to improve students' critical thinking in therapeutics.
1:00-1:20 p.m.: Booze and Berries: Combining Health Outcomes and Drug Discovery Research
Dr. John Weber will discuss how the effects of ethanol exposure in adolescents affect their long-term motor function, and whether blueberries and partridgeberries can help protect brain function.
For further information about Pharmacist Awareness Month (PAM), visit our Calendar of Events.
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View a video on the School of Pharmacy's research vision.