Symposium on the Safety of Medicines

Join us 15-16 September 2017 for the 1st Oxford Symposium on the Safety of Medicines–a two day event delivered by experts in the field with lectures and seminars on topics including the latest on drug safety issues in clinical practice and advances in clinical pharmacovigilance, sponsored by the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

This event will be chaired by Michael Theodorakis and Elaine Johnstone, with guest lectures by leaders in the field including:
• Jeffrey Aronson
• Anderson Ryan
• Len Seymour
• Saad Shakir

Talks will cover a broad range of subjects including areas of medicine in:
• Diabetes and Metabolism
• Endocrinology
• Radiotherapy

We will also explore practical medicinal issues such as:
• Detection and causality assessment of adverse drug reactions
• Classifications of adverse drug reactions and their relevance to Pharmacovigilance
• Clinical significance of drug safety in vulnerable populations

Register for the symposium at https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/symposium-on-the-safety-of-medicines

Research summary competition
In the context of the Symposium, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology sponsors a research award competition based on novel research work undertaken by current students on the MSc Experimental Therapeutics Course. This £300 award will be granted to the best 500-word summary of scientific work stemming either from taught sessions in the course or as part of ongoing dissertation work in the last year. They may be based either on a written assignment or be new, stand alone research summaries.
Details on how to submit will be announced on the Symposium website and deadline for submissions will be midday Wednesday, 15 November 2017.
All 2016 – 2017 students are strongly encouraged to participate in the Symposium and to enter the competition.