Submitted by D.P. Juan on Thu, 26/09/2024 - 13:33
The Department held its Pharmacology Away Day on Monday the 23rd of September, at the 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 saw nine talks, notably featuring new Pharmacology group leaders Dr Ritwick Sawarkar and Dr Florian T. Merkle. Two external speakers were invited to present as part of the talks: Dr Alfredo Carpineti, from Pride in STEM, as our EDI talk and Dr Sinead Healy, Senior Research Governance and Ethics Coordinator, for the research integrity session.
A major component of this event was our poster presentation sessions, with 25 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, where participants gave 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:
- Dr Pam Rowling, Teaching and Mentoring award
- Elsa Lawrence, Teaching and Mentoring award
- Caroline Wyatt, Culture, Diversity and Equality award
- Rowda Dahir, EDI Culture and Outreach award
- Laura Nassar, Public Engagement award
Finally, we thank all our volunteers and the support staff at St. Catharine's College. Without their help, this day would have not been possible.
