Away Days and Open Days
Pharmacology Away Day 2025
The Department held its Pharmacology Away Day on Monday, the 22nd of September, at St. Catharine's College's McGraf Centre. This is an annual event, where research members of the Department gather to share their research and promote cooperation between groups.
The day featured nine talks, notably including a presentation by Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, President of Wolfson College. Two external speakers were invited to present as part of the talks: Kathryn Banham and Chrys Ackroyd, from the British Pharmacological Society, and Adrian Liston as our EDI talk.
A major component of this event was our poster presentation sessions, with 18 participants. This is an opportunity for MPhil students, PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers to demonstrate their research projects to the Department. Each poster was accompanied by a one-minute flash talk, during which participants provided a brief overview of their poster to attendees.
The Away Day is also an opportunity to give well-deserved recognition to our Department members for going above and beyond in their roles. In recognition of their work, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee presented their Recognition Scheme Awards. We had five winners across three categories, who were:
- Rowda Dahir, Teaching and Mentoring award
- Oneyka Awunor, Teaching and Mentoring award
- Rianne Bruty, Department Research Culture and Outreach award
- Bananapharma, Public Engagement award
Finally, we thank all our volunteers and the support staff at St. Catharine's College. Without their help, this day would not have been possible.
Pharmacology Away Day 2024
We hosted our yearly Away Day at St Catharine's College on Monday 23rd of September. We had a total of 25 poster presenters and 10 speakers, with Dr Ioanna Mela hosting the majority of the talks..
We heard from Maria Marti-Solano, Taufiq Rahman, Catherine Wilson, Annabel Cardno ,and Vasiliki Mavridou as our internal speakers. They represented the Marti-Solano Group, Rahman Group, Wilson Group, Lindoin Group and the Miller Group. For our external speakers, we hosted Alfredo Carpineti, the Founder of Pride in STEM , and Sinead Healy, from the Research Integrity Team. We also heard from the incoming UTOs Ritwick Swarkar and Florian Merkle
Pharmacology Away Day 2023
We hosted our yearly Away Day at Churchill College on Monday 18th of September. We had a total of 18 poster presenters and 6 speakers, with hosts from the Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Committee.
We heard from Anne Janssen, Abigail Pearce, Kelly Hsieh and Anna Scheeder as our internal speakers. They represented the Larrieu Group, Cell Sigalling Group, van Veen Group and the Mela Group. For our external speakers, we hosted Femi Otitoju, the Founder of the EW Group, and Daniel Ives, the founder of Shift Bioscience. We also heard from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee on the results of the Department Recognition Scheme. We also heard from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee on the results of the Department Recognition Scheme.
Pharmacology Away Day 2023
We hosted our yearly Away Day at Churchill College on Monday 18th of September. We had a total of 18 poster presenters and 6 speakers, with hosts from the Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Committee.
We heard from Anne Janssen, Abigail Pearce, Kelly Hsieh and Anna Scheeder as our internal speakers. They represented the Larrieu Group, Cell Sigalling Group, van Veen Group and the Mela Group. For our external speakers, we hosted Femi Otitoju, the Founder of the EW Group, and Daniel Ives, the founder of Shift Bioscience. We also heard from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee on the results of the Department Recognition Scheme.
Postgraduate Open Day
Postgraduate Open Days are hosted on the University’s Virtual Tour and are open to all those seeking to apply for postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge.
The event offers you opportunities to ask staff your questions, find out more about the application process, and explore Cambridge virtually.