Department of Pharmacy faculty members represented the University of San Carlos in two international gatherings in the fields of clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical research, and pharmacy education, held in Indonesia and Japan.

Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Micah M. Areja, RPh, MSc, presented her research, “Development and Implementation of an Interprofessional Education Activity with its Impact in Third Year Health Care Students” during the 24th Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Conference held in Bali, Indonesia on July 24–26, 2025.

On August 2–4, 2025, Department Chair Florencio V. Arce Jr., R.Ph., Ph.D., SRPharmS, presented his research titled “Mutagenicity, Genotoxicity, and Chronic Toxicity of Formulated Spray-Dried Extracts from Philippine Ethnopharmacological Plants” at a pharmaceutical science symposium during the Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (AASP) Conference.

Meanwhile, Dean of the School of Health Care Professions, Gerard Lee L. See, R.Ph., Ph.D., SRPharmS, also presented his work titled “Development of Virgin Coconut Oil-Based Neomycin-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier Spray Formulations for Skin Delivery” in the same conference.

The ACCP is an annual gathering of clinical pharmacists, educators, researchers across Asia since 1999, serving as a platform for exchanging best practices, advancing research, and collaboration. This year’s event theme, “Beyond the Limit: Advancements and Innovation of Asian Clinical Pharmacy,” emphasized how the practice of clinical pharmacy becomes an indispensable function in the delivery of patient care. 

Meanwhile, the AASP this year was held in Saitama, Japan, with the theme, “Pharmacy Education for Global Health: Shaping Leaders for Another 25 years.” AASP was founded in April 2001 and aims to share collaborative and innovative strategies to enhance student learning and develop pharmacy education and research in Asia.

Such international engagements align the USC Department of Pharmacy with the core of its vision and mission. As the Department becomes involved in research, it cultivates its students to become global leaders at the forefront of the pharmacy profession.