“These are the leading pharmacy programs on three
continents and the partnership will create new and
transformative training, development and exchange
opportunities for students and staff.”
Monash, the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (UNC) and the University
College London (UCL) have joined forces
to advance and transform research,
education and practice in pharmacy
and the pharmaceutical sciences.
Professor Bill Charman, Dean of the Faculty,
said the alliance would address issues too
complex for one institution.
An initial five-year Memorandum of Understanding
was signed in March 2015 and provides the
framework for creation of the PharmAlliance
partnership between the UNC Eshelman School
of Pharmacy, the UCL School of Pharmacy and
Monash’s Faculty of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
“We will form new research collaborations that
will enable us to more effectively and rapidly
address major international issues in the fields
of drug discovery, nanomedicine development
and nanotechnology.”
The partners will work together to transform
education and curriculum development, pursue
new and transformative research initiatives,
and enhance professional practice in pharmacy
and the pharmaceutical sciences.
“With similar philosophies and ambitions for our
field, we see collaboration as the best means to
rapidly and effectively address them in a global
context,” Professor Charman said.
The alliance will have the opportunity t