Research Degrees the Focus of the Day

UQ Pharmacy Research Higher Degree DayThe School of Pharmacy hosted its annual Research Higher Degree (RHD) Day on February 17. Associate Professor Bruce Charles, the UQ School of Pharmacy Postgraduate Coordinator, chaired the proceedings.

This event provides the opportunity for the School of Pharmacy RHD candidates to network with their peers as well as academics and other researchers, allowing them valuable insight into how they can make the most of their research degree candidature.

Several excellent speakers from the UQ Graduate School presented talks on topics related to thesis examination and milestones.

Amongst these was UQ Deputy Dean, Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson, who gave a presentation entitled “Including published work in your research higher degree thesis”. 

Participants were also fortunate to hear from a special guest speaker, Dr Jagdev Sidhu, currently the Director of Early Clinical Development at CSL Ltd in Melbourne. Dr Sidhu’s presentation, “The PhD and Pharma industry”, provided our RHD students with a valuable insight into careers within the local and international pharmaceutical industry. 

A range of other speakers presented on topics such as, “Organizing and planning your RHD studies” (Dr Lynne Emmerton, UQ School of Pharmacy), and “Success and wellbeing – More than surviving your RHD candidature” (Dr Helen Stallman, UQ School of Pharmacy/School of Medicine).            
 
Four of our PhD students gave presentations on their experiences as RHD candidates, including Ms Tina Wu who won the UQ 3-Minute Thesis competition in 2010.
 
Winners of the UQ School of Pharmacy Research Higher Degree Awards ($1000 each) were announced at the event, with this year’s awards going to:
  • Ms Desma Grice (Principal advisors: Prof Sarah Roberts-Thomson, A/Prof Greg Monteith)
    “Golgi calcium pump secretory pathway calcium ATPase 1 (SPCA1) is a key regulator of insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) processing in the basal-like breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231.”
    Published in Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2010
     
  • Ms Yoke Lin Lo (Principal advisor; A/Prof Bruce Charles)
    “Population pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in premature Malaysian neonates: identification of predictors for dosing determination.”
    Published in Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, June 2010
Journal of Biological Chemistry and Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy are very prestigious A* ERA-ranked journals reflecting the extremely high quality of research produced by these very deserving young researchers. The School of Pharmacy congratulates them on their achievement.

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