Public Engagement in Pharmacology
Academic and research staff and graduate students participate in activities throughout the year to explain how medicines work and how the vital work being undertaken in the Department translates to a real impact on the world we live in.
The Department has a Public Engagement Committee which meets termly and includes representatives from academic, research and support staff as well as graduate students. See current membership of the committee below.
Dr Rebecca Burton, Sir Henry Dale Fellow Dr Rebecca Capel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Burton Group Professor Nigel Emptage, Head of Department Naomi Gibson, MSD Public Engagement Co-ordinator Dr Sarah Newey, Senior Research Fellow, Akerman Group Associate Professor John Parrington | Professor Fran Platt Dr Laurence Silpa, Postdoctoral Researcher, Russell Group Associate Professor Paolo Tammaro Carolyn Thackrah, Deputy Administrator (Personnel) Dr Tim Viney, Investigator Scientist, Somogyi Group Dr Barbara Zonta, MSc Course Director |
Outreach news
Amazing Brain Festival at Cheney Secondary School
23 February 2024
Pharmacology staff and students contributed to a special afternoon of events last week to engage 200-300 students and families on the theme of the brain organised by their school ‘Rumble Museum’. A team of ten members of our department led by Dr Lizzie Burns developed five zones of activities to engage students with different aspects of neuroscience: memory, focus, build-a-brain, illusion and microscopy.
Understanding the brain at Didcot Girls School Science Club
13 December 2022
A group of researchers and students led by Dr Tim Viney visited Didcot Girls School to run a ‘hands on’ event about the brain at the school’s Science Club.
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