Head of School's Welcome

The University of Newcastle's School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy is one of the most successful in Australia in terms of obtaining research funding from agencies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Indeed, our success rate on NHMRC applications where School members have been the lead researchers has averaged almost 30% over the past four funding rounds, well above the national average. Our research income is now stands at around $12m per year and we have nearly 100 research higher degree students enrolled in PhDs.

Although very focused on maintaining our research-intensive profile, the School also prides itself on the delivery of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate course-work programs. The School has primary responsibility for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Science Honours programs and the Master of Pharmacy program, the latter being established in 2004 as the first postgraduate Pharmacy training program in Australia. The School also teaches into a wide range of other health-related programs, including Medicine, Physiotherapy, Nutrition & Dietetics, Medical Radiation Science, and Nursing.

I welcome you to the School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy and encourage you to contact us with any questions or comments that you may have after looking at our web pages.

Professor Trevor Day
Head, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy