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The annual School of Pharmacy Undergraduate Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday 5th October in the magnificent surroundings of The Great Hall.

Queen’s University Belfast has been crowned the winner of the All-Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge for Students 2022.

Roisín O’Hare, Lead Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist of the Northern Ireland University Network, has been appointed Honorary Professor of Practice in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated National Postdoc Appreciation Week (20th – 24th September), an opportunity to reflect on the significant contributions that postdocs make to research.

The School of Pharmacy at Queen's has been ranked #1 on The Guardian's best UK universities for pharmacy and pharmacology

Calling All Students! The 2021 Mary Mulvihill Award on the theme of Virus is now launched!

Queen’s students are continuing to work together to support individuals infected with SARS-CoV2 and to protect wider society from the consequences of the Covid-19 disease.
Qubis, the commercialisation arm of Queen’s, co-invested along side NI-based investors, and three major US-based ophthalmic venture capital firms

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have discovered that bacteria often found in the lungs became more harmful and caused increased inflammation when they were exposed to e-cigarette vape.

Queen’s University Belfast are part of a pan-European research project awarded to improve sight-saving treatments.
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Congratulations to following staff members who have won the various awards below;


People from both sides of the border will benefit from new health and social care research trials thanks to a new Cross-Border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN).




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Top Queen’s University PhD students Erin Magee and Nathan Clarke received scholarships of £2,500 each to support their exciting and potentially far-reaching research projects.












The Undergraduate Awards (UA) has announced the winners of the 2016 programme, including the Regional Winners and Highly Commended Entrants from Queen's University Belfast


Two former Queen's University Belfast MPharm graduates were recently given the opportunity to present their work at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Conference in Birmingham on the 4th and 5th September 2016.



In May 2016, three School of Pharmacy staff were successful in the latest round of University Teaching Awards.

A Queen’s academic from the School of Pharmacy has been honoured with a global prize for his contributions in the science of drug delivery.

A ground-breaking programme of work led by Dr Lorraine Martin, and funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, UK has recently been published in the prestigious American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The School of Pharmacy are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Carmel Hughes as Head of School of Pharmacy.



Researchers at the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast are leading a €50 million, Europe-wide, project to develop new drug treatments that could improve the lives of patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis.

Novel drug delivery at Queen's



Reduced prescribing for nursing home residents



The Journey from Proof of Concept to Successful Spin-Out.

A collaborative, cross-border €7.7m project focussed on improving lung health
