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Prof Maria Cordina is a full professor at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine & Surgery. She obtained her PhD from The Queen’s University of Belfast. Her research interests in various aspects of medication safety and enhancing patient care through appropriate use of medicines. She has a solid international peer reviewed publication
record and has supervised postgraduate students both for the University of Malta and international universities. She established the Medicines Use Research Group, an interdisciplinary group supporting research on the appropriate, safe and effective use of medicines. She has a special interest in health professionals’ education including the use of digital technologies in education. Professor Cordina is also Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Professionals Education and Research.