College of Health and Allied Sciences

A training workshop to build the capacity of selected Faculty Members from the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS) on Grant and Proposal Writing is underway at the Conference Room of Coconut Grove Hotel in Elmina.

The workshop, which will span a five-day period, is being organised by the Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre-UCC in collaboration with African Centre of Excellence for Population, Health and Policy, as well as Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

Among the subjects that will be tackled by the participants during the five-day workshop are

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) has recognized thirty outstanding students at the Prof. David Darko Obiri 2025 Dean's Award Ceremony for their exceptional academic achievements during the 2023/24 academic year.

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), University of Cape Coast hosted two Doctor of Pharmacy exchange students from Howard University College of Pharmacy (HUCOP), United States of America from November 11 – December 13, 2024.  This is part of the international exchange existing between UCC SoPPS and

On behalf of Professor Elvis Ameyaw (The Dean), Dr Ernest Obese (The Vice-Dean), Mrs Esther Nimo (The Faculty Officer), all Faculty members, Staff and students of the School of Pharmacy, University of Cape Coast (UCC), we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miss Manuella Coffie, a 500-level Pharmacy student, on her historic election as the first female President-elect of the Pharmaceutical Students Federation of Ghana.

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) successfully organised an orientation programme for the 2024 cohort of National Service Personnel.

Staff members of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) of the University of Cape Coast have received training on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) at a five-day workshop which took place on the 3rd-7th June, 2024 at the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast.

The training covered modules such as General Principles, Validation Master Plan, Quality and Validation of Facilities, as well as Cleaning Validation. The rest were Validation of Equipment, Process Validation and Method Validation.

The Dean's Award ceremony took place on Friday, February 23rd, 2024, at the School of Medical Science (SMS) Auditorium, UCC. This event was organized to recognize and commend the top-performing pharmacy students and to inspire them to strive for excellence in future endeavors. Named in honor of the late Professor David Darko Obiri, the first Dean of the School of Pharmacy at UCC, the ceremony commemorated his legacy of dedication and commitment. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science (SoPPS) at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, coordinated the training session held at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) conference room on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Professor Jon Wietholter, a Fullbright Specialist, clinical professor from West Virginia School of Pharmacy (WVU), as well as an internal medicine clinical pharmacist from WVU-Medicine Ruby Memorial Hospital, served as the facilitator for the event.

Prioritizing the welcoming of new students, the School of Pharmacy successfully hosted an orientation program on January 22, 2024, at the CODE conference room, welcoming newly enrolled pharmacy students.

The Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, UCC has received the following items from the University of California, Davis presented by