COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the worlds of education and work, perhaps forever. Remote working and virtual conferencing will be more common. Student expectations of their learning have changed.…
Hello Professor Pirmohamed, and welcome to Pharmacologist in Phrame! What is your background and career pathway to date? At the age of 12, I was essentially inspired to study medicine by watching…
"Science is not finished until it's communicated." – Mark Walport, UK Chief Scientific Advisor (2013–2017) Science communication is an untapped area in my home country of Malaysia, with…
What are haematological malignancies? Haematological malignancies are cancers that originate in blood-forming tissues such as the bone marrow. They are the fifth-most-common type of cancer in the…
24 July marked 24/7 Samaritans Awareness Day – the Big Listen. Samaritans is a charity that offers help to anyone struggling with their mental health. Mental health problems persist, often…
Mitochondria are the sites in our cells responsible for making the energy needed to sustain life. They are involved in controlling the function of cells but also in determining how cells die.…
Being in the lucky position of working from home, the past few weeks has given me the opportunity to do my part in the fight against COVID-19 by staying at home as much as possible to help flatten…
The Government's UK Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap aims to ensure the UK is the best place in the world for scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs to live and…
In May 2020, the Prescribing Safety Assessment partnership won the Royal College of Physicians' Excellence in Patient Care Award for medical education and training. This blog is also published on the…
The Society’s President, Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, will join a new independent group to advise on promising new treatments for COVID-19, the government has announced. The UK COVID-19…
