Pharmacist Diaries
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Welcome to Pharmacist Diaries. In this podcast we are going to explore all aspects of peoples’ lives; their passions, starting a career in pharmacy, transitioning into different roles, overcoming challenges, entrepreneurship, and innovation. My goal is to dive deeper into the secret lives of pharmacists, revealing their journeys and inspiring you to progress in your career.
Join me, my friends, and my colleagues for a new episode every week and get a look into what life is like behind the scenes of real people.
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039 International Pharmacist: Dr Alex Barker
May 05, 2021 06:34 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Alex Barker to the podcast. Alex is the author of a recently published book, Indispensable: The Prescription for a Fulfilling Pharmacy Career and the founder of The Happy PharmD. Alex created The Happy PharmD business as he is passionate about helping pharmacists create inspiring lives and careers; specifically by turning passions and strengths into businesses or new careers! You'll identify from the podcast that Alex hasn't always been a happy...
039 International Pharmacist: Alex Barker
May 05, 2021 06:34 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Alex Barker to the podcast. Alex is the author of a recently published book, Indispensable: The Prescription for a Fulfilling Pharmacy Career and the founder of The Happy PharmD. Alex created The Happy PharmD business as he is passionate about helping pharmacists create inspiring lives and careers; specifically by turning passions and strengths into businesses or new careers! You'll identify from the podcast that Alex hasn't always been a happy...
039 American Pharmacist: Dr Alex Barker
May 05, 2021 06:34 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Alex Barker to the podcast. Alex is the author of a recently published book, Indispensable: The Prescription for a Fulfilling Pharmacy Career and the founder of The Happy PharmD. Alex created The Happy PharmD business as he is passionate about helping pharmacists create inspiring lives and careers; specifically by turning passions and strengths into businesses or new careers! You'll identify from the podcast that Alex hasn't always been a happy...
038 American Pharmacist: Dr Carlene Link
April 26, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 64 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Dr. Carlene Link to the podcast. Carlene completed her undergraduate Bachelor's degree at Ohio's John Carroll University in 2004, received her PharmD from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2008 and then completed her PGY-1 residency at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital, Ohio. For the first 5 years of her career, she worked as an Internal Medicine clinical specialist and was very passionate about primary care. During this time became...
038 International Pharmacist: Dr Carlene Link
April 26, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 64 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Dr. Carlene Link to the podcast. Carlene completed her undergraduate Bachelor's degree at Ohio's John Carroll University in 2004, received her PharmD from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2008 and then completed her PGY-1 residency at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital, Ohio. For the first 5 years of her career, she worked as an Internal Medicine clinical specialist and was very passionate about primary care. During this time became...
037 International Pharmacist: Dr Jessica Louie
April 20, 2021 13:36 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce a super inspiring pharmacist and fellow podcaster, Dr Jessica Louie. Jessica is the CEO of Clarify, Simplify, Align and Host of The Burnout Doctor Podcast. Jessica uses her signature Burnout Doctor Method to coach burned out pharmacists & professionals to simplify, align work into your life & break free from people pleasing and perfectionism in order to thrive on your terms. Jessica completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Southern ...
037 American Pharmacist: Dr Jessica Louie
April 20, 2021 13:36 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce a super inspiring pharmacist and fellow podcaster, Dr Jessica Louie. Jessica is the CEO of Clarify, Simplify, Align and Host of The Burnout Doctor Podcast. Jessica uses her signature Burnout Doctor Method to coach burned out pharmacists & professionals to simplify, align work into your life & break free from people pleasing and perfectionism in order to thrive on your terms. Jessica completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Southern ...
036 Pharmacist: Naimah Callachand
April 12, 2021 20:07 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBOn today's episode I am excited to introduce Naimah Callachand to the podcast. A versatile pharmacist with extensive experience in communications, digital health, content development and editing, medical writing, research and a high-level of clinical pharmacy knowledge. We had a wonderful conversation about her career to date. We were fortunate enough to hear her unique journey in the following areas: - A Medical Writer for MediTech Media - A Clinical Writer at the BNF - Communications Di...
035 Special Episode: The Dos and Don'ts of Recruitment with Poonam Lumb
April 06, 2021 19:32 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBOn today's episode, Poonam Lumb and I take a deep dive into our personal journeys with recruitment. We share things that have worked really well for us as individuals as well as elements of recruitment that we have had to develop with experience and practice. As we both have several years of experience now and we interview junior pharmacists in our roles, we also share some useful tips on what employers are looking for in applications and interviews. I hope you enjoy it!! Don't forget to c...
034 Pharmacist: Victoria Rutter
March 30, 2021 18:05 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBToday I have the pleasure of introducing Victoria Rutter to the podcast! Victoria is the current Executive Director at the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA). She is a pharmacist by background with over 20 years of diverse practice across the Commonwealth, including high-level advocacy, policy, strategic development and international project management. She started her career as a hospital pharmacist with Barts Health NHS Trust and specialised in Cardiac and Intensive Care services ...
033 Pharmacist: Yasir Sacranie
March 22, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBOn today's episode, I welcome Yasir Sacranie to the podcast. Yasir is a Specialist Antimicrobial Pharmacist and a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice. He is the founder of MicroPharm which is an online platform intended to provide medical and pharmacy education for students and healthcare professionals, including crash courses and study guides for the GPhC Pharmacy examination. Over the space of one year, the MicroPharm Instagram page has managed to reach over 10,000 followers which is an i...
032 Pharmacist: Poonam Lumb
March 16, 2021 08:20 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBToday I have the pleasure of launching the first paediatric pharmacist on the podcast, Poonam Lumb! This episode was an absolute delight to record and a wonderful conversation between two passionate paediatric pharmacists sharing their journeys into this speciality. Poonam is currently the Lead Pharmacist for Women's and Children's Services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and has working within paediatrics for approximately 8 years. Listening to her journey was personally very inspi...
031 Pre-Registration Pharmacist: Agith Navalan
March 08, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBIt gives me great pleasure to introduce Agith Navalan to the podcast this week. Agith is a recent MPharm graduate from University College London (UCL) and is currently a pre-registration pharmacist in community pharmacy. He starts his next adventure into Medicine at St George's, University of London in September 2021. On today's episode, we have such a meaningful conversation on the following topics: - our upbringing and how this has impacted our career choices - a reflection of the MPharm co...
030 Pharmacist: Steven Giddings
March 01, 2021 12:49 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBOn today's episode I am super excited to introduce Steven Giddings to the podcast. Steven is currently the Lead Pharmacist for Education and Training at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and has recently started working with the undergraduate pharmacy team at Kings College London. He is extremely passionate about inspiring the pharmacy workforce, an aspect of his career that we definitely share in common. Over the last few months, he has been...
029 Pharmacist: Tanya Aubeeluck
February 21, 2021 21:22 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBOn today's episode I am pleased to introduce an enthusiastic and focused clinical pharmacist, Tanya Aubeeluck. Tanya is a firm believer of a professional 5-year plan and the belief that life has a way of showing you different paths. She started out as a community pharmacist but behind the scenes she was developing her goals in order to navigate into a clinic based or General Practice based career pathway. Part of this transformational process involved undertaking a management role in commun...
028 Pharmacist: Gayle Campbell
February 15, 2021 21:23 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBOn today's episode I am super excited to introduce a senior cardiovascular pharmacist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) and creator of the MedTap App, Gayle Campbell. I saw the MedTap App advertised at the hospital on one of the TV screens last year. I was so excited that a pharmacist had launched an innovative platform that supports patients to take their medications correctly that I reached out to her on email immediately. Here we are today having an interesting discussio...
027 Pharmacist: Catherine Quinlan
February 07, 2021 14:35 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Catherine Quinlan to the podcast. Catherine started her pharmacy journey as a STEP Pharmacist at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London. She completed 3 years in this role whilst undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (PG Dip GPP) with University College London (UCL). She has recently embarked on a new adventure as a Haematology and Oncology Pharmacist at Kings College Hospital, London, and loving it! We discuss the...
026 Special Episode: Sunjay Vyas and Anisha Patel
January 24, 2021 19:34 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBChristmas is over. January is here. However it feels a bit different this year. Perhaps there isn't the same level of optimism that usually arrives with the new year. For some it is also a stressful time. Lockdown 3.0 means more of us working from home again, kids homeschooling, worrying about new strains of the virus. All of this can impact the levels of stress in our life. In this episode I sit down with my wonderful husband Sunjay Vyas to talk about what we have been doing to help us dea...
025 Pharmacist: Amar Suchde
January 11, 2021 21:13 - 1 hour - 108 MBAmar Suchde is a fully qualified independent prescribing- aesthetic pharmacist, specialising in non-surgical cosmetic treatments. After a successful career in pharmacy, Amar repositioned himself into the world of aesthetics. A pioneer in his field, Amar set up his first clinic, AMS Aesthetics, in London’s prestigious Harley Street. From there, he went on to set up four other venues in and around London, where he now has a loyal and dedicated following of international clients. As a result o...
024 Pharmacist: Martin Eguridu Part II
December 21, 2020 19:31 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBMartin Eguridu has recently embarked on a new journey as a Primary Care Network Pharmacist which he has been enjoying thoroughly so far. To hear his full story, please check out Episode 23 of the podcast. Today's episode focuses on Martin's first couple of months working in a GP Practice. He tells us about how he has dealt with this career transition, what he has learnt so far and how he plans to expand his knowledge, and the key transferrable skills he has utilised from community pharmacy. ...
023 Pharmacist: Martin Eguridu Part I
December 07, 2020 19:20 - 1 hour - 104 MBMartin Eguridu is a passionate, positive, and motivated pharmacist with big dreams. He graduated from Medway School of Pharmacy in 2015 and started his pharmacy career as a community pharmacist with Lloyd's Pharmacy. He was promoted to Pharmacy Manager within one year of qualifying, an achievement I believe he definitely deserves! He is clearly passionate about his career and demonstrates great leadership qualities at such a young age. Martin provides us with insider tips and advice for achi...
023 Pharmacist: Martin Eguridu
December 07, 2020 19:20 - 1 hour - 104 MBMartin Eguridu is a passionate, positive, and motivated pharmacist with big dreams. He graduated from Medway School of Pharmacy in 2015 and started his pharmacy career as a community pharmacist with Lloyd's Pharmacy. He was promoted to Pharmacy Manager within one year of qualifying, an achievement I believe he definitely deserves! He is clearly passionate about his career and demonstrates great leadership qualities at such a young age. Martin provides us with insider tips and advice for achi...
022 Australian Pharmacist: Allie Xu
November 23, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBAllie Xu is best described as a multi-tasking pharmacy queen! I love her energy and positivity and am so pleased to launch this episode! She is a community pharmacist and holistic health coach with a special interest in mind-body connection, Emotional Intelligence and women's health, and currently studying a Masters in Chinese Medicine to learn about Eastern Medicine Philosophy lifestyle and the secret of vitality and longevity. She is the founder of the Global Pharmacy Entrepreneur Communi...
022 International Pharmacist: Allie Xu
November 23, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBAllie Xu is best described as a multi-tasking pharmacy queen! I love her energy and positivity and am so pleased to launch this episode! She is a community pharmacist and holistic health coach with a special interest in mind-body connection, Emotional Intelligence and women's health, and currently studying a Masters in Chinese Medicine to learn about Eastern Medicine Philosophy lifestyle and the secret of vitality and longevity. She is the founder of the Global Pharmacy Entrepreneur Communi...
021 Pharmacist: Catherine Duggan
November 09, 2020 01:00 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MBOn today's episode I am thrilled to introduce the current Chief Executive Officer at the International Pharmaceutical Federation, also known as FIP, Catherine Duggan. Catherine has been working with FIP since 2018. She is responsible for visionary leadership, support, advocacy and delivery of the FIP vision and mission across 144 member organisations and 160 Academic Institutions representing 4 million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists worldwide. Prior to her current role, Catherine...
020 American Pharmacist: Ijeoma Ekeocha
October 26, 2020 14:16 - 1 hour - 112 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Dr Ijeoma Ekeocha. Ijeoma started her jounrey into pharmacy in 2003 as a student at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, also known as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP) and now called USciences or University of the Sciences. She graduated in 2009 and began her career as a clinical Pharmacist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Five years into her career, she became the first and only Non-traditional Pharmacy resident at The Johns Hopk...
020 International Pharmacist: Ijeoma Ekeocha
October 26, 2020 14:16 - 1 hour - 112 MBOn today's episode I am delighted to introduce Dr Ijeoma Ekeocha. Ijeoma started her jounrey into pharmacy in 2003 as a student at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, also known as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP) and now called USciences or University of the Sciences. She graduated in 2009 and began her career as a clinical Pharmacist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Five years into her career, she became the first and only Non-traditional Pharmacy resident at The Johns Hopk...
019 Puerto Rican Pharmacist: Gina Suarez
October 05, 2020 06:02 - 59 minutes - 43.7 MBOn today's episode we explore the journey of a Pharmacist and Certified Health Coach, Dr Gina Suarez, all the way from the island of Puerto Rico. We focus the start of our conversation on Gina's experience of community pharmacy at the start of her career. We discuss the impact of high levels of stress and job dissatisfaction in a community pharmacy setting which can lead to unhealthy habits, emotional and physical health issues, and general burnout. We dive deep into the steps Gina took to r...
019 International Pharmacist: Gina Suarez
October 05, 2020 06:02 - 59 minutes - 43.7 MBOn today's episode we explore the journey of a Pharmacist and Certified Health Coach, Dr Gina Suarez, all the way from the island of Puerto Rico. We focus the start of our conversation on Gina's experience of community pharmacy at the start of her career. We discuss the impact of high levels of stress and job dissatisfaction in a community pharmacy setting which can lead to unhealthy habits, emotional and physical health issues, and general burnout. We dive deep into the steps Gina took to r...
018 Pharmacist: Sarah Cavanagh
September 28, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBOn today's epsiode I am absolutely delighted to introduce an inspiring and dedicated pharmacist who I consider a role model within our profession, Mrs Sarah Cavanagh. Sarah has nearly 30 years of healthcare and teaching experience in the NHS, the private, the academic and the voluntary sectors, in the UK and overseas. She starts her pharmacy career as a Medicines Information (MI) pharmacist, a role which she knew she would love and the career pathway she knew she wanted to pursue long term. ...
017 International Pharmacist and Pharmacy Owner: Jennifer Shannon
September 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBI am so excited to welcome Dr Jennifer Shannon onto the podcast today. Jennifer is a wonderful mother of 4 beautiful children, dedicated wife to Professor Mike, and currently the proud owner of Lily's Pharmacy in Georgia, USA. She started her career as an enthusiastic resident pharmacist; an experience which she clearly loved and her passion for this type of role at the start of a pharmacy career shines throughout our conversation. She then transitioned into academia as an Ambulatory Care Ph...
017 American Pharmacist and Pharmacy Owner: Jennifer Shannon
September 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBI am so excited to welcome Dr Jennifer Shannon onto the podcast today. Jennifer is a wonderful mother of 4 beautiful children, dedicated wife to Professor Mike, and currently the proud owner of Lily's Pharmacy in Georgia, USA. She started her career as an enthusiastic resident pharmacist; an experience which she clearly loved and her passion for this type of role at the start of a pharmacy career shines throughout our conversation. She then transitioned into academia as an Ambulatory Care Ph...
016 Pre-registration Pharmacist: Janelle Soong
September 14, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes - 31.4 MBOn today's episode we invite our first pre-registration pharmacist to the podcast, Janelle Soong. Janelle is a Kings College London pharmacy graduate and has just started her split community pharmacy (Day Lewis Pharmacy) and pharmaceutical industry (GSK) pre-registration placement. She is also the author of Let Sleeping Pharmacists Lie: Tales from Pharmacy School and the patients you never forget which can be purchased via Amazon. Prior to university, Janelle was training to become a classi...
015 Global Health Pharmacist: Dr. Freddy Kitutu
September 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBOn this week's episode, we are fortunate enough to welcome Dr Freddy Kitutu all the way from Kampala, Uganda. Dr Freddy is currently the Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Makerere University. He considers himself an academic pharmacist at heart with a special focus on health systems research. He is passionate about teaching clinical pharmacy to undergraduate pharmacy students, specifically concentrating on infectious diseases. In today's episode, we explore some of Freddy's journey b...
015 Ugandan Pharmacist: Dr. Freddy Kitutu
September 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBOn this week's episode, we are fortunate enough to welcome Dr Freddy Kitutu all the way from Kampala, Uganda. Dr Freddy is currently the Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Makerere University. He considers himself an academic pharmacist at heart with a special focus on health systems research. He is passionate about teaching clinical pharmacy to undergraduate pharmacy students, specifically concentrating on infectious diseases. In today's episode, we explore some of Freddy's journey b...
014 Pharmacist: Edwin Panford-Quainoo
August 31, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBEdwin Panford-Quainoo is a passionate, positive, and highly accomplished professional with over 20 years of pharmacy experience in a variety of settings and countries. Within the first 10 years of his career, he was registered as a pharmacist in 3 countries which is an achievement in itself! He is currently working on a PhD in Global Health, focusing on antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacies in Ghana. He started his career as a community pharmacist at Boots and thoroughly enjoyed...
013 Pharmacist: Komal George Part II
August 24, 2020 04:17 - 1 hour - 109 MBToday's epsiode is a special little treat for you guys as it is the podcast's first 3-way conversation. It is Part II to my initial conversation with Komal George. To hear about Komal’s background and why she decided to go into pharmacy in the first place, please go and listen to episode 5 of the Pharmacist Diaries podcast. Komal George, The Holistic Pharmacist, is a pharmacist turned lifestyle medicine health coach. Her mission is to help her colleagues in pharmacy live happier and more pro...
012 Pharmacist: Adnan Khan
August 17, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBIf you are interested in research and a role within pharmaceutical industry, then this is definitely the episode for you! Dr Adnan Khan had big dreams as a pharmacy student and his persistence and willpower has allowed him to fulfil many of them already. Shortly after qualifying as a pharmacist, he decided to take an exciting leap towards a PhD in Cancer Immunology at the University of Nottingham. He then moved to Ireland as he attained a post-doctoral research fellow role at Trinity College...
011 International Pharmacist: Adam Martin
August 10, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBDr. Adam Martin is the first Pharmacist Diaries international podcast guest and pharmacist. He is the founder of The Fit Pharmacist, host of the Fit Pharmacist Podcast, and author of two books (Rx: You: The Pharmacist’s Survival Guide for Managing Stress & Fitting in Fitness and the Gen-Z Pharmacist: Dominate Pharmacy School & Script Your Dream Career). Dr. Adam Martin works with people to write their script for success using proper nutrition, stress management, and the power of a positive ...
011 Pharmacist: Adam Martin
August 10, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBDr. Adam Martin is the first Pharmacist Diaries international podcast guest and pharmacist. He is the founder of The Fit Pharmacist, host of the Fit Pharmacist Podcast, and author of two books (Rx: You: The Pharmacist’s Survival Guide for Managing Stress & Fitting in Fitness and the Gen-Z Pharmacist: Dominate Pharmacy School & Script Your Dream Career). Dr. Adam Martin works with people to write their script for success using proper nutrition, stress management, and the power of a positive ...
010 Pharmacy Student: Jacqueline Gyamfi
August 03, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBJacqueline is the first pharmacy student to be interviewed on the podcast so this is an exciting moment for me as well as all our pharmacy students out there tuning in. Jacqueline chose to pursue her career in pharmacy as she wanted to combine her love of science, particularly chemistry, with the desire to help people. She's just completed her first year at Kings College London and is here with us today to share her experience as a student. Outside of pharmacy and studying, she spends a huge...
009 Pharmacist: Claire Brandish
July 27, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBClaire is an experienced, inspiring, strong-minded, yet very modest antimicrobial pharmacist. She started her career with an interest in care of the elderly, an area of pharmacy that she wasn't expecting to love as much as she did. The idea of making clinical interventions and de-prescribing to prevent falls, for example, intrigued her. She highlights the fact that elderly patients take so many medications and this is a prime area for pharmacists to make a difference in patient care. Her fi...
009 Global Health Pharmacist: Claire Brandish
July 27, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBClaire is an experienced, inspiring, strong-minded, yet very modest antimicrobial pharmacist. She started her career with an interest in care of the elderly, an area of pharmacy that she wasn't expecting to love as much as she did. The idea of making clinical interventions and de-prescribing to prevent falls, for example, intrigued her. She highlights the fact that elderly patients take so many medications and this is a prime area for pharmacists to make a difference in patient care. Her fi...
008 Special Episode: Anisha Patel and Sunjay Vyas
July 20, 2020 00:00 - 49 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this special episode of Pharmacist Diaries I joined my husband on his podcast, The Stay Whole Podcast. We talk about how as a family we have upped our game in terms of creating helpful and healthy lifestyle habits, like waking up at 4.30 am every weekday to make time for exercise, relaxation and some time for ourselves. We have been amazed at what a few weeks of consistently doing something can do for our mind and body, and how much focus and direction it has brought into our lives. We...
007 Pharmacist: Laura Buckley
July 13, 2020 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBIn this week’s episode, we are joined by Laura Buckley. She is passionate Primary Care Network (PCN) Pharmacist, creator of the Mum Does Drug blog, wife, mother of two boys, occasional writer for C+D and now the author of her first international selling novel, Love, Prescribed. The book is available on Amazon as a Kindle edition or paperback book. In her first month of sales, her book was purchased in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, and Malaysia! In this conversation we hear a love story; a...
006 Pharmacist: Thorrun Govind
July 06, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBOn today's episode, I am joined by Thorrun Govind. A young, enthusiastic and extremely passionate pharmacist with big dreams. Thorrun completed her undergraduate degree in pharmacy with Kings College London and has been qualified for 4 years but has achieved an incredible amount in a short space of time. She has recently achieved a Distinction in the Legal Practice Course (LPC) MSc in Law, Business and Management programme at the University of Law. She is currently a trainee lawyer working w...
005 Pharmacist: Komal George
June 29, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBSheer determination is the way to describe Komal George. After achieving an E grade in A-level Chemistry and being told she was unlikely able to go to university, she was determined to prove to herself and people around her that she had what it takes to become a professional! She started her career as a hospital pharmacist which she thoroughly enjoyed and then wanted to experience pharmacy from a primary care perspective and transitioned into community pharmacy for a couple of years. She did...
004 Pharmacist: Kathryn Murray
June 22, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBKathryn has been a member of the pharmacy profession for just under 30 years. She's had a vast array of experience as a pharmacist, worked internationally in New Zealand at the School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, New Zealand, and currently working as the clinical trials pharmacist at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. Kathryn has dedicated a lot of her time to research and education with several publications. Topics include paediatric parenteral nutrition, the management of patients after an ...
003 Pharmacist: Lydia Tutt
June 15, 2020 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBOn today's episode I am joined by Lydia Tutt, a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Nottingham. She is a community pharmacist by background and recently completed her PhD research on the role of the community pharmacist in breast cancer survivorship services. She explores some of the struggles around the transition from working full time with a busy community pharmacy team to working very independently as a full time student and the financial impact this had on her life. She...
002 Pharmacist: Gillian Murray
June 07, 2020 22:12 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBToday I am joined by one of my colleagues at Kings College London, fellow mum, and lover of Pringles and Percy Pigs, Gillian Murray! Don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app so you can be notified when a new episode is released. If you have any suggestions for guests you want me to talk or if you’d like to come on yourself, please feel free to contact me via email at [email protected], on Instagram or Facebook @pharmacistd...