Dr. SOEURN Visal
The mission of many universities, including UP, is to use teaching, research, and public service to solve social problems. To extend the knowledge and
capacity building for research, UP Faculty of Pharmacy recently organized the 3rd Pharmaceutical Research Conference. This two-day conference brought together researchers across Cambodia to share their research within pharmacy field on 6 different themes: (1) Pharmacy Education (2) Pharmacy
Practice (3) Medical Biology (4) Pharmacognosy (5) Public Health, and (6) Ethnopharmacology.
The conference was very successful and Pharmacy would like to thank the speakers, chairs, honor guests, sponsors particularly PPM (Pharma Product Manufacturing), and participants for their contributions to make this conference a success. We are looking forward to having more research papers and posters next year!
By the end of the 3rd Pharmaceutical Research Conference, among 15 oral research presentations and 17 research posters, the evaluation sub-committee of Conference Organizing Committee selected 3 topics for the Best Paper awards and 3 topics for the Best Poster Awards. The awards were officially handed over by Prof. Ian Findlay, President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Puthisastra.
The 1st Best Paper Award was given to topic entitled: Evolution of toothache management in the last 10 years among people living in Treuy Sla Commune, S’ang District, Kandal province.The 2nd Best Paper Award was given to topic entitled: Evolution of toothache management between under the age of 12 and presence among grade 12 students at Rodwell Learning Center, Cambodia.The 3rd Best Paper Award was given to topic entitled: Antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of woods of Caesalpinia sappan L. (Sbaeng) native to Cambodia.
The 1st Best Poster Award was given to topic entitled: Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the communities residing in Banteay Srei Distict, Siem Reap province, Cambodia. The 2nd Best Poster Award was given to topic entitled: Phytochemical and Thin Layer Chromatography Analysis of
Methanolic Leaf Extract of Citrus medica L. (Reaksaa) Native to Cambodia. The 3rd Best Poster Award was given to topic entitled: “Prevalence of inappropriate use of Over the Counter (OTC) drugs among people living in Preak Dak commune, Siem Reap, Cambodia”.
The organizing committee would like to appreciate all authors, speakers, poster presenters for their hard working to make this conference a great success.
