On Friday 9 June 2023, Director of the hospital Ing. Vlastimil Vajdák, and the Dean of our faculty prof. David Vetchý signed an agreement on cooperation between the faculty and the ICRC - International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital (FNUSA) and the Faculty of Medicine MU.
"By signing the agreement with FNUSA, we are further expanding our successful cooperation with the ICRC. The Faculty of Pharmacy is putting emphasis on practical learning during studies which includes taking advantage of the research opportunities. Making our young researchers take part in complex projects carried out in the joint workplace can only enhance their professional development and allow them to establish new contact with experienced scientists,” explains professor Vetchý.
Part of the agreement is building a joint research facility focused on preclinical and clinical research, that is research in laboratory as well as work with patients. The primary aim is development and testing of new drugs and medical equipment, so-called wide-spectrum products used in healthcare, from surgical sutures or catheters to sophisticated diagnostic devices. Clinical testing will be used to determine their effectiveness as well as safety.
Director Vajdák further comments: “Added value of FNUSA is the functional infrastructure for clinical studies. We believe that partnership with the Faculty of Pharmacy will bring new solutions for better diagnostics and treatment. The joint workplace will also allow the opportunity of contractual research to third parties.”
For prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D, the Scientific and Executive Director of the ICRC, the agreement represents a new opportunity for joint research grant proposals. “Bringing together outstanding scientists from both workplaces will enhance the prestige of both of our institutions and appeal to other talented researchers from the Czech Republic and abroad. As of now, the Faculty of Pharmacy is the third faculty of MU deepening the partnership with ICRC and thus effectively conjoining the academia and research with the industry,” concludes professor Rektorová.
Naeem Malek, our second-year Pharmacy student, got recognized and awarded as one of the best delegates and also delegate with best energy within committee at the prestigious Model United Nations conference held by Masaryk University.
We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Pharmacy is honored to host professor Yashwanta Pathak from the American University of South Florida. Thanks to the Fulbright scholarship program, the renowned scientist will stay at our faculty for the next three months. He will host lectures for students and academic staff in the field of Nano Drug Delivery within the faculty as well as the whole Masaryk University.
