1st Student Cohort Graduates from PACE
 The School of Pharmacy's graduating Class of 2010 enjoyed a celebratory morning tea at PACE on December 10, prior to their 2:00pm graduation ceremony.
The group was joined by their family, partners and the School's staff, along with alumni and industry representatives in a morning tea generously funded by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch and organised by the UQ Pharmacy Alumni Network.
The event was the perfect ending to what has been a landmark year for the School, with this year's cohort becoming the historic first group to graduate from the School in it's current location at the PACE.
Among the group were 20 On-course Honours graduates, who had completed an optional component during their 3rd and 4th years of study in the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree. One of these students, Mr Joe Monteith (pictured), was also named Queensland Pharmacy Graduate of the Year by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Queensland Branch during November. Joe represented the group as class valedictorian, giving an inspiring speech during the ceremony.
The School of Pharmacy would like to congratulate all its graduates, and extend a very warm thanks to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia for their support of the event.
Pictured: Professor Nick Shaw, Head of School, congratulates Class of 2010 valedictorian Mr Joe Monteith
PACE Welcomes APSA Delegates
 PACE was the venue for the 2010 APSA (Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association) annual conference from 6-9th December, and welcomed around 170 delegates representing most Schools of Pharmacy across Australia and New Zealand.
The conference was an opportunity to showcase PACE, and from all accounts, delegates were suitably impressed by the facilities.
Conference highlights included four plenary presentations – by Associate Professor Lisa Dolovich (McMaster University, Canada), Dr Derek O’Hagan (Novartis, USA), Professor Maree Smith (Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development, UQ), and Professor Andrew Gilbert (Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia) – and a panel discussion on the balance of ‘pharmaceutical science’ and ‘pharmacy practice’ in undergraduate curricula.
The conference theme, Focus on the Future: Research and Education for a Healthier Community, set the scene for delegates to consider the current and future issues in pharmacy academia and research.
The program also heavily featured contributed papers, as an opportunity for novice researchers to present their research in a supportive environment and to network with potential collaborators.
Conference Chair, Dr Lynne Emmerton, was delighted at the enthusiasm of the participants and the quality of the oral and poster presentations. The abstracts from prize winning presentations will be published in the February 2011 issue of Australian Pharmacist.
Th conferences Major Sponsor was the National Alliance for Pharmacy Education (NAPE), while support was also given by Griffith University, the Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), The University of Canberra and Woodhead.
Pictured (Right): Plenary speaker, Professor Maree Smith, during the 2010 APSA Conference
The 2011 APSA conference is to be hosted by the University of South Australia.
A Historical Gift for UQ Pharmacy
 In 2010, the UQ School of Pharmacy was honoured to be the recipient of a historical collection of Pharmacy memorabilia from Dr and Mrs Keith Rush.
Dr Keith Rush and Mrs Heather Rush both trained as pharmacists in Queensland prior to the opening of the School of Pharmacy in 1960, and inherited the collection from Mrs Rush's father, Thomas Aubrey Murray in 1965.
The collection originated in a Pharmacy in Toowoomba, Queensland, which was established in 1875. Mr Murray bought the pharmacy from Mr Vincent Jubb in 1933, acquiring the collection at the same time.
Dr Rush discusses the collection:
"[The Pharmacy] was American in style, with a soda fountain and milk drinks...more like an American DrugStore. When this transformed to the more traditional Chemist Shop, we don't know. But, it explains where the fittings and fixtures came from, and we have the remaining four American Brentwood Chairs in our dining suite that were used for clients while they were waiting for their prescription."
"So, the major elements of the collection are American made, including the "Toilet Articles" and "Pure Drugs" gold leaf jars and pink ointment jars together with all the 135 galenical bottles."
The collection makes a colourful, historically significant addition to the School of Pharmacy at PACE, where the modern architecture seems to compliment the delightful artifacts that highlight the history of Pharmacy through the years.
Guests to PACE have been enchanted by the collection that is housed within the Library and the Level 4 office areas since it was set up earlier this year.
Dr Rush goes on to discuss his and Mrs Rush's careers within the Pharmacy profession, adding a layer of personal history to the collection:
"Mrs Rush's father, Thomas Aubrey Murray, was born in Bundaberg. His father, Terence Aubrey Murray was born in Northern Ireland, County Fermanagh
"Mr Murray (Pop Murray) bought the [Toowomba] Pharmacy from Mr Jubb in 1933. There are quite a number of labels and references to Jubb on the collection.
"My future wife became apprenticed to her father in 1956 to study Pharmacy. I was a third year Pharmacy student at the Canberra Pharmacy in Toowoomba in 1956, apprenticed to Mr Doug Moreton.
"The Murrays lived at 193 Hume Street, Toowoomba, and the Rush's lived at 228. Heather and I fell in love in 1956, married in 1959 and celebrated our Fiftieth Golden Wedding Anniversary on 19 December 2009, with a Thanksgiving Service at the Woodlands of Marburg Chapel.
"The photo I have enclosed [below] is from that day in our lives, and I am in the Uniform of the University of Queensland Pipe Band in whose Drum Corps I am still a playing member.
"I graduated in 158 and opened a Pharmacy in Pittsworth on 1 July, 1959. We had two children when Heather graduated in January 1963. Pop Murray lent us a couple of the large glass carboys for our Pharmacy, which I filled with coloured water, as Professor Shaw has done for the display at PACE.
"The unique script book from the Toowoomba pharmacy dated from 1875 to 1901 with a repeat script written in 1859 was also on loan to us and I used it many times in our window displays.
"Pop Murray sold the Pharmacy to the Toowoomba Day and Night Pharmacy in 1965. [The] collection came into our hands for stewardship at that time. Pop Murray continued to work on a part time basis at Noble and Gregg's Pharmacy in Toowoomba until he was Eighty years of age, and lived till his 94th year.
"Heather and I sold our Pharmacy in Pittsworth in 1964 and I commenced Medicine at UQ in 1966 and my graduating year was 1971. During those times and through the vagaries of my eleven years in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, we packed and unpacked the collection during eleven house moves.
"My wife and I decided that we should ensure, while we have the strength and spirit, to donate our collection to PACE, where it will be cared for and professionally curated, for the benefit of the upcoming young generations of Pharmacy students.
"This has proven to be the case, where the collection has been a popular addition to the facility, and as the recently written history declares...'PACE had a "Present", a brilliant "Future" and now with the collection...a real "Past"
"We feel proud to have our collection at home with PACE
The School of Pharmacy would like to extend a warm thank you to Dr and Mrs Rush for their generous donation, which will surely provide years of enjoyment to alumni, students and staff for many years to come.
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's 2010 Graduate of the Year honour was bestowed on UQ Pharmacy graduate, Mr Joe Monteith.
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