Meera Vara receiving her award from Ash Soni OBE, The RPS president
Students from the Nottingham School of Pharmacy did exceptionally well at this years Royal pharmaceutical society (RPS) conference held at the ICC Birmingham. Meera Vara research poster entitled 'Perceptions and Experiences of Women Who Have Ever Stopped Taking Aromatase Inhibitors' took the prize for best poster in the Practice Research section. The poster 'Evaluation of community pharmacy customers’ views of the seasonal influenza vaccination and community pharmacy vaccine service' by Sui Tan and Yuen Man was also highly commended in the same section.
Meera Vara with her research poster.
The 2015 RPS Conference saw an unprecedented presence by the Nottingham School of Pharmacy.
As well as academics, twenty one students were funded by the School to attend the conference having abstracts accepted based on their undergraduate research projects. In total the School had 2 oral presentations, 11 posters in the peer-reviewed research section and 6 posters in the innovation showcase, representing over 10% of the conference research contributions. Dr Boyd, who coordinated the students attendance at the conference said “as a school we are so proud of the work of our undergraduate students. It is great to see that the quality of their work has been recognised by these awards.” Niall Stewart-Kelcher, one of the presenting students, commented "I had an amazing experience at this year's RPS Conference. It was a privilege to be a part of showcasing work from the University of Nottingham. From a personal developmental perspective it was a highly engaging and enlightening time learning more about the exciting future that pharmacy has to offer."
Follow this link to see The published abstracts in the “Practice research” and “Quality Improvement and Service Evaluation” sections.
School of Pharmacy staff and student representatives at the RPS conference:
Posted on Thursday 17th September 2015