The Annual Pharmacy Symposium organised by the Department of Pharmacy of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is this year being held at the Aula Magna at the University of Malta Valletta Campus between 4 and 8 March.

During the symposium the final year doctorate in pharmacy students will be presenting their dissertations. The research areas address development of novel pharmaceutical care and clinical pharmacy services, application of pharmacogenetics and assessment of innovative therapies.

Final year pharmacy students completing their Master of Pharmacy degree and students in their final year of the courses leading to the Bachelor of Science (Hons) Pharmaceutical Technology degree and the Master of Science in Pharmacy present their research work. Moreover, second, third and fourth year pharmacy students present their work-in-progress project as posters and poster discussion fora.

Students present projects and dissertations undertaken in the fields of interest of the department namely Pharmaceutical Care, Pharmacy Administration, Pharmacy Information, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical Technology and Computational Chemistry. The symposium is an opportunity for students, staff and collaborators of the department of pharmacy to meet, network and discuss research programmes.

A feature during this year's symposium is the exhibition of photos taken by students during their Erasmus+ student mobility experience and by European and international students studying in Malta for the Doctorate in Pharmacy degree.

The details of the programme are available on https://www.um.edu.mt/ms/pharmacy/activities/symposium. Health care professionals and colleagues are invited to attend.

For further information contact Amanda Calleja on [email protected]