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School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9266 7369

Address: Kent Street, Bentley 6102 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: https://healthsciences.curtin.edu.au/schools/pharmacy-biomedical-sciences

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25.01.2022 Happy Halloween

24.01.2022 Discover more about studying a health degree at Curtin and the courses available. Hear from a panel of current students studying Psychology, Social Work and Human Biology Pre-Clinical, and ask staff one-on-one questions in an expo-style setting about your health course of interest. Register here: https://choose.curtin.edu.au/hs-info-session-2018.html

24.01.2022 Dear colleagues, Postponement of the Annual Pharmacy Awards scheduled for Thursday, 26 March The School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences regrets to inform you that we have postponed our annual Pharmacy Awards ceremony, in accordance with Curtin University advice on strategies to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.... We know how much the students, staff and Pharmacy profession value this event, hence we will follow up in June with our plans to reschedule the event to a date later in the year. With very best wishes and sincere thanks for your understanding.

22.01.2022 Join us on October the 13th to light the night for a great cause! Find out more - https://lightthenight.org.au/event/curtin-university 5:00pm - Acoustic music, food trucks, face painting, bake sale 6:00pm - Lantern collection 7:00pm - Light the Night walk... 8:00pm - Event close See more

21.01.2022 Our Pharmacy Information Evening is a great opportunity to speak to the experts about your options in undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy studies. Date: Thursday 24 May 2018 Time: 6.30 pm to 8 pm Venue: Building 108, foyer, Curtin University, Bentley... Light refreshments will be provided. Register at the link below to attend: http://news.curtin.edu.au/eve/pharmacy-information-evening/

21.01.2022 Mentoring is important, not only because of the knowledge and skills students can learn from mentors, but also because mentoring provides professional socialization and personal support to facilitate success in university and beyond. Quality mentoring greatly enhances students' chances for success. Congratulations to Keiran Batavia on being awarded 'Outstanding Mentor', well done. A huge thanks to all of our mentors, 2020 has been challenging!!!!... Western Australian Pharmacy Students Association - WAPSA See more

21.01.2022 The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) and the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists (NZIMLS) are pleased to present their combined meeting, the South Pacific Congress (SPC), to be held at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, 17-19 September 2019. If you are interested click on this link for more information: https://aomevents.eventsair.com/south-pacific-congress/

20.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who played a role in Open Day at Bentley Campus. This year was another great success with around 22,000 attendees. Open Day is our largest annual recruitment event of the year and an important opportunity to showcase our wonderful campus and the excellent opportunities on offer for prospective students. Any queries please contact Future Students to view your options - https://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/

20.01.2022 Oral Health Therapy and dental students host a rescue day for patients-in-need Oral Health Therapy students from Curtin and dental students from UWA are joining forces on July 25th to hold a Dental Rescue Day. This collaborative team effort will be held at the Oral Health Centre of WA in Nedlands. Patients will be sourced by the Australian Dental Health Foundation (a wing of the Australian Dental Association) from charity organisations and will be treated free of charge on the day. Under supervision, students will have the opportunity to collectively provide a valuable health service for up to 60 patients in genuine need but unable to access private or public dental services.

19.01.2022 HAPPY WORLD PHARMACISTS DAY! As pharmacists, we make Webster packs to ensure that patients are able to easily manage their medications! #MedicationSafteyStartsWithME #WorldPharmacistsDay

18.01.2022 Real-time prescription monitoring is coming are you ready? Researchers from the Curtin University School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch, Department of Health, WA, are investigating the perceptions of Western Australian pharmacists regarding real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM). We invite you to have your say on how you would like to see RTPM work in your real world practice, how you feel about assisting ...with pain management and addressing situations involving patients at risk of opioid-related harm; and what additional educational resources and training you need to support your practice with the imminent implementation of RTPM. You can participate in this research if you are an AHPRA-registered pharmacist working in Western Australia in a role that involves patient care and/or direct face-to-face patient contact, and use a dispensing system as part of your role. We anticipate that it will take approximately 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire. When you are finished, you will be offered the opportunity to enter a prize draw for the chance to win one of four Coles-Myer vouchers. To find out more about the study and complete the questionnaire, please click here: https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_datUJv4FlrFzuPX. If you wish to obtain further information or have questions about this study, or if you have any issues accessing the questionnaire, you are welcome to contact Dr Leanne Chalmers at [email protected] or on 08 9266 5062. Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) has approved this study (HREC number HRE2020-0007). Should you wish to discuss the study with someone not directly involved, in particular, any matters concerning the conduct of the study or your rights as a participant, or you wish to make a confidential complaint, you may contact the Ethics Officer on (08) 9266 9223 or the Manager, Research Integrity on (08) 9266 7093 or email [email protected]. See more

17.01.2022 Curtins Master of Pharmacy (graduate entry) is a two-year fast-track degree for Bachelor graduates to become a pharmacist. Find out more below! Applications close 31st October. Commonwealth-Supported Places are limited. http://courses.curtin.edu.au/course_overv//Master-Pharmacy

17.01.2022 We couldnt wait to share the good news!!!! The Annual Pharmacy Awards Ceremony is taking place on the 26th of March. This event has been hosted by the School for the past 12 years. Its an evening where staff, students and the pharmacy profession join to celebrate and acknowledge the excellence of our students. This year we would like to extend the invitation to our fellow students past and present to come along and support their peers. The cost is $10 which includes refresh...ments after the presentation. Seats are limited!!!! Click on the link below to purchase a ticket: https://payments.curtin.edu.au/HTH_PHARM_AWARDS2020

15.01.2022 Trick-or-treat today at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. Happy Halloween folks!!

15.01.2022 What a celebration! A sneak peak of our 50 Years of Pharmacy at Curtin/WAIT Gala Dinner. Thank you to all 170 guests that attended and to those who couldnt make it, we are sure you were there in stories and memories throughout the evening.

15.01.2022 The prolific pharmacist West Australian researcher, educator, advocate and community pharmacist Dr Fei Sim has been named PSAs Early Career Pharmacist (ECP) of the year. Dr Sim is one of the most accomplished and inspiring pharmacists I have encountered in over 35 years in the profession, said Jennifer Dolzadelli, Senior Lecturer at Curtin University School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. She has achieved more in nine years than most of us achieve in a lifetime....Continue reading

15.01.2022 Curtin University pharmacy students Matthew Vuksanovic and Mitchell Briotti have found the appeal of rural work and recently returned to the WA Centre for Rural Health (WACRH) in Geraldton to complete a second round of clinical placement. Please read more in the media release below or go to: bit.ly/2yafgT8

14.01.2022 O-Week begins on Monday 18 February and is the important first step to help set you up for a successful semester. We look forward to welcoming our students in 2019. Link up to the New to Curtin facebook page if you require any guidance on textbooks, field trips etc.

14.01.2022 On the 13th of October, join us for an inspiring walk through the beautiful Curtin University Bentley campus in support of the Leakaemia Foundation Light the Night event. Bring your family and friends along and enjoy live music, face painting, games and a bite to eat before the walk. Register now and find out more at the links below : https://lightthenight.org.au/event/curtin-university ... https://lightthenight.org.au/signup/curtin-university See more

12.01.2022 The Curtin University/Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) awards evening honours the top students in the various disciplines taught in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences to the Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Human Biology Preclinical streams. The event was held in the Matilda Bay restaurant on April 16th and this year there were 110 attendees made up of the prize winning students and friends, Curtin University alumni, academic staff, sp...onsor/industry representatives and professional colleagues including the CEOs of the public and private pathology providers in Perth. The most prestigious award of the evening, the AIMS Gold medal prize, awarded to the top graduating student in the BSc Laboratory Medicine course was presented to Ms Giulia Foti by the Chair of the WA Branch of AIMS Ms Samantha Austin. This Gold Medal honour has been presented to our top student for the past 50 years- the first was awarded to Judith Winzar in 1969 and is a highly regarded achievement. The list of past winners is on the Honour board in the Foyer of Building 308 on the Curtin campus. Giulia was also was top student in two of her 3 majors namely Advanced Medical Microbiology and Advanced Immunology. The Silver medal awarded to the runner up student was presented to Narada Kittikundamrongporn by Mr John Lown. Both of these Medals are sponsored by AIMS and include a complimentary membership to the recipients. The top graduates in the other streams were acknowledged with sponsored prizes as were discipline specific awardees. The evening included an after dinner address by a former graduate of the School, Mr Ashley Schoof who entertained the crowd with his account of his professional journey into the commercialisation of intellectual property at the Telethon Kids Institute. For those present it was a most enjoyable occasion and this gala event has become a highlight on the Academic calendar of the School.

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Zac Whyte for receiving the Outstanding Mentor Award today. Thank you and well done Zac!!! Western Australian Pharmacy Students Association - WAPSA

11.01.2022 O-Week begins on Monday 17 February and is the important first step to help set you up for a successful semester. We look forward to welcoming our students in 2020. Link up to the New to Curtin Facebook page if you require any guidance on textbooks, field trips etc.

11.01.2022 Fourth year students @tessadrew_ and @probablynotlewisoliver working on patient scenarios in the hospital simulator today #curtinuniversity #pharmacy #fourthyear | At School of Pharmacy, Curtin University

10.01.2022 Our focus on research: Professor Jeff Hughes has a wide range of research interests from pharmacy education and practice, to quality use of medicines and pharmacoviligance. His recent research has focused on such topics as the mechanism by which statins cause diabetes (Caparrs-Martn JA, et al. Statin therapy causes gut dysbiosis in mice through a PXR-dependent mechanism. Microbiome 2017;5(1), 95.) and their role in bacterial skin infections (Ko HHT, et al. In vitro antibact...erial effects of statins against bacterial pathogens causing skin infections. Europ J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 37(6):1125-35). Further, he has recently investigated the impact of cognitive impairment on pain assessment in the emergency department (Jones J, et al. Influence of cognitive impairment on pain assessment and management in the emergency department: A retrospective crosssectional study. Emerg Med Australas. 2019 Apr 5.). However, possibly his most significant research has centred around improving pain assessment in people who cannot verbalise their pain, leading the team that developed PainChek, a pain assessment system which includes a point-of-care App which utilises smart-automation and artificial intelligence to detect and quantify pain in this vulnerable population (Atee M, Hoti K, Hughes JD. A technical note on the PainChek system: a web portal and mobile medical device for assessing pain in people with dementia. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10: 117.)

10.01.2022 Professor Jeff Hughes receives 2020 Fred J Boyd Award The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) President Peter Fowler announced Professor Jeff Hughes as the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Fred J Boyd Award, recognising his commitment to excellence in teaching, learning and innovation, and extensive accomplishments as an outstanding pharmacy practitioner, educator and researcher. Professor Hughes, who is a former Head of the Curtin University (WA) School of P...Continue reading

09.01.2022 School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Honours student Jade Waters recently presented a poster at the Combined Biological Sciences Meeting in Perth. She won an award for the poster that describes her research into the frequency of genetic disease mutations in Australian working dogs. Thank you to the sponsors The Big Picture Factory. Jade is supervised by Dr Kylie Munyard & Associate Professor Phillip Clark.

09.01.2022 Its back! Registrations are NOW OPEN for Curtins Leukaemia Foundation Light the Night event. Join us on Friday October 12 for an inspiring and empowering walk through the Bentley campus. There will be acoustic music, face painting, food trucks and more, alongside - of course - a lantern walk through our beautiful Bentley Campus. The event will get under way by 5:00pm at Henderson Court Lower and will conclude at approximately 8:00pm. Join the movement and register now for your lantern to light up Australia for blood cancer and support a worthy cause. https://lightthenight.org.au/events/curtin-university-1

07.01.2022 Young Alumni Award The Young Alumni award recognises Curtin graduates under 35 years of age at the time of nomination who have demonstrated excellence in their field of endeavour and/or made a significant contribution to the community through volunteer service. Mr Travis Bailey Travis Bailey completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy at Curtin in 2007. Soon after, he moved to Bunbury, and in 2009 he bought a stake in Centrepoint Amcal Chemist in Bunbury. In 2012, Mr Bailey opened the... Southwest Hospital Pharmacy with his business partners. This year, the group opened PureIV, a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility based in Shenton Park. In addition to his business activities, Mr Bailey is Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, WA branch. He was also named a WA Business News 40under40 winner in 2015. Congratulations Travis Bailey

07.01.2022 Our Pharmacy student club are at it again! They are currently helping to raise money for the Fullife Foundation via the NAPSA Charity Cup. For more details and to support them see their page below:

06.01.2022 Can we borrow your taste buds? Can you help us to improve a nasal spray to assist children and adults? We are conducting a research study to improve the taste of a nasal spray containing local anaesthetic that is used routinely to numb the nose prior to nasal examination and minor procedures. We have developed some new formulations that we want to compare for taste with the current nasal spray product. That is where you come in. If you are 18 to 60 years old and a healthy adu...lt, you could assist us with tasting these new formulations. The study involves spraying the formulation onto your tongue, then answering some questions about the taste. The time required for testing is approximately 15 to 20 mins, each day for 4 days. A gift voucher will be provided for your attendance. For further information please contact Behin Sundara Raj on 0466934262 or [email protected] or Heather Benson on 92662338 or [email protected] This study has been approved by Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC Project # 2019-0365)

06.01.2022 Postgrad Information Evening Curtins Postgrad Information Evening provides a great opportunity to speak to the experts about your postgraduate options. Have your questions answered and find out about our postgraduate courses, career opportunities, flexible study options, fees and more. ... Click on the link to register your interest https://choose.curtin.edu.au/um-ma-pg-pg-expo-7105

05.01.2022 The Oral Health Therapy student and staff awards night was held on Friday, February 15 at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia. The evening acknowledges students who have excelled academically, clinically or have made a contribution towards oral health promotion. Together with the generosity of the 12 sponsors, 13 students and one staff member were presented a total of 18 prizes.

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04.01.2022 The Biomedical Science Club does have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/biomed.curtin/ The BSc Club held a Quiz Night at the Curtin Tav on the 4th of May. It was attended by students from all years and disciplines including Laboratory Medicine, Human Biology Pre-Clinical and Molecular Genetics as well as friends from other degrees. The students were bested by the staff table this year but there were still a lot of prizes, fun and good food to be had. A favourite momen...t from the night was the Heads and Tails round (pictured last). I have attached a small selection of photos taken on the night. If you would like to contact the BSc Club directly about any of our events, our email address is [email protected] Our next event is on the 6th of June. Kind regards, Jessica Bretherton

04.01.2022 Hows that for a Perth location! Weve just extended ticket availablity to our Gala Dinner at Frasers State Reception Centre to next Friday the 22nd of September! https://alumni.curtin.edu.au//50-years-of-pharmacy-at-curt ... If you have any questions or seating requests please email [email protected]

03.01.2022 Read about the Elite Academic Program below.

02.01.2022 Pharmacy students, If you come from a rural area and/or identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you may be eligible for the following: Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4883">https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4883... Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4884">https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=4884 Regards, Lynne.