The Faculty of Pharmacy received a visit from a delegation from the University of Groningen (UG), Tim Zwaagstra, and Liza ten Velde, on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 03.30 pm in the meeting room of the Advanced Pharmaceutical Science and Learning Center (APSLC) Building. The Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Prof. Dr. apt. Satibi, M.Si., and the Vice-Deans expressed their appreciation for their visit. They became the first in-person international guest to visit the Faculty of Pharmacy since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada is organizing an online summer course starting from 5th of July to 16th of July. This event is organized in collaboration with Universitas Udayana (Bali, Indonesia), Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), and Chiang Mai University (Thailand). This morning, this first online summer course was launched by the Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. apt. Agung Endro Nugroho, PhD., and the Chiefof the Bachelor Degree Study Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, apt. Dewa Ayu Swastini, S.F, M.Farm.
Pharmacy UGM – Along with technology and the industrial revolution 4.0, pharmacy higher education must continuously adapt to these demands. Therefore, the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM organized a webinar on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, presenting Adaptive Pharmacy Education as its theme. The webinar received more than 190 registrants and started at 12.30 Jakarta time with the opening remark from Dean Professor Agung Endro Nugroho. In his remark, he extended his greetings and gratitude to the invited speakers and participants, who are mostly pharmacy lecturers from universities in Indonesia.
The Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) met the representatives of the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Malaya (UM) virtually via the Zoom platform on April 23, 2021. The meeting, which began at 01.30 pm, was attended by the representatives of both institutions and specifically arranged to discuss the initial plans of collaboration. The discussion was first led by Professor Triana Hertiani, the Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs of Faculty of Pharmacy UGM, and was joined later by the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM Professor Agung Endro Nugroho.
Pharmacy UGM – The Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in collaboration with the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) held a Guest Lecture with the theme ‘How to Choose Appropriate Antibiotics for Infectious Diseases’ hosted by the Master in Clinical Pharmacy Program at UGM. The guest lecture took place on Thursday, January 28, 2021, from 09.00 to 11.00 am through the Zoom meeting platform with Prof. Dr. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman invited as the guest lecturer and 70 students of master and doctoral programs at the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM attending as participants.
A group of delegates from the Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) headed by the Dean Prof. Agung Endro Nugroho, Ph.D., Apt. was cordially welcomed by Asst. Prof. Rungpetch Sakulbumrungsil, Ph.D., the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Chulalongkorn University on January 28, 2020. The Deans from both universities then introduced their delegation members and began the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development and promotion of education and research. A discussion following the signing resulted in several planned activities as the first step of implementing the MoU.
A delegation from the Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), led by the Dean Prof. Agung Endro Nugroho, Ph.D., Apt., was in Thailand from January 25 to 29, 2020. The UGM delegation which also consisted of Dr. Satibi, M.Si., Apt., Dr. Susi Ari Kristina, MPH., Apt., and Dr. Dwi Endarti, M.Sc., Apt. paid a reciprocal visit to Mahidol University in Thailand on January 28, 2020.
With the current established mutual relationships between the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM and the Faculty of Pharmacy Mahidol University (MUPY), both universities hope to continue promoting their academic exchanges. The contact between UGM and MUPY goes back to 2013 when the first agreement was signed by former Deans of both universities. Among the delegates, Dr. Susi Ari Kristina and Dr. Dwi Endarti are the alumni of MUPY, and they are bridging the good communication between the lecturers at UGM and MUPY. During the visit, they had a fruitful discussion with the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Program and Social, Economic, and Administrative Pharmacy (SEAP) Division at MUPY.
UGM Pharmacy – There are many reasons why people publish their writings. Among them is to get a promotion, to get an academic degree, some are intentionally intended for financial orientation. Whatever the reason, in making a good scientific paper, one should pay attention to the important variables used in assessing whether the work can be published or not.
At the workshop which was held by the Faculty of Pharmacy UGM for two days on June 24-25, 2019, Professor Vermeulen emphasized that the manuscripts which get good scores from both reviewers and editors are the original manuscripts. “Novel research results and methods will provide added value in the eyes of reviewers,” he explained.
The Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada (FP UGM) Prof. Dr. Agung Endro Nugroho, M.Si., Apt. along with the Vice Dean for Research, Community Service, Collaboration, and Alumni Dr. Endang Lukitaningsih, M.Si., Apt. gladly received the delegation of the University of the Pacific, California at the Dean’s Office on Friday, June 28, 2019. Among the delegates are Associate Provost for Research Dr. James Uchizono, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Dr. Xiaoling Li, and Dr. Miki Park.
Faculty of Pharmacy (FP) UGM received a visit from Deputy Director of Student Development at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) Singapore on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. He was warmly welcomed by the Dean of FP UGM Prof. Dr. Agung Endro Nugroho, M.Si., Apt. along with the Board of Vice Deans Prof. Dr. Triana Hertiani, M.Si., Apt. and Dr. Endang Lukitaningsih, M.Si., Apt. at the Dean’s Office.
Proposing to collaborate in organizing an immersion program, Dr. Koh mentioned, “our students in Singapore are required to attend an overseas immersion program, and we notice that Indonesia particularly Yogyakarta provides a strategic and good environment.” The proposed program is primarily designed to allow the students to develop cultural awareness and to learn about certain topics related to pharmaceutical sciences. In line with the proposed concept, Professor Hertiani briefly described the Jamu Summer Course Program which has been held these past three years and could be tailored to accommodate both students from FP UGM and NP Singapore. The program is to be further discussed with the persons in charge of both institutions in July. The Dean closed the meeting hoped “the program would be sustainable and successful.” (Saras)