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PHAR30020

Academic Year 2025/2026

Endocrine, Renal and Reproductive Pharmacology (PHAR30020)

Subject:
Pharmacology
College:
Science
School:
Biomolecular & Biomed Science
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Orina Belton
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module forms part of the core curriculum in the discipline of Pharmacology in the Third Science Year for the B.Sc Degree in the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science. It focuses on current understanding of mechanisms of inflammation, hormonal control of the reproduction system, hormone dependent cancers and their treatment, growth factor dependent cell migration and metsatasis, renal function and disease, the endocrinology of renal disease and pharmacological approaches to management.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the biological mechanisms underlying renal function and pharmacolocgical manipulation of filtrative capacity. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the hormonal control of the hypothalamic/pituitary/ovarian axis and its pharmacological manipulation.3. Describe the regulation of production of male and female sex hormones; their mechanism of action and effects on target tissues and their role in disease.4. Explain the endocrine basis of renal disease and describe current therapeutic strategies for the management of diabetic nephropathy, tubulointerstitial fibrosis and end stage renal disease.5. Aquire appropriate practical skills in the area of endocrine pharmacology.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Tutorial

0
Practical

15
Specified Learning Activities

10
Autonomous Student Learning

61
Total

110

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Laboratory base practical sessions
Problem based learning
Peer and Group work

Generative AI: You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your engagement with AI stops when you begin to create your submission. Your submissions should therefore be authored entirely by yourself and should show how you have developed and refined these ideas. You should keep a comprehensive record of all outputs generated by AI, and may be required to document these as part of the activities, or present them on demand. An appropriate AI tool may be used to correct grammatical errors and improve the language of text you alone have authored. You must not allow the AI tool to alter the sense of any text, offer a critique of or modify any arguments.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
PHAR30070 - Endocrine Diseases


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): End of Trimester written exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
70
 No
Report(s): Practical Reports, normally submitted two weeks after the completion of the lab-based exercise Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Graded No
30
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Professor Orina Belton Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Hilary Cassidy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Derek Costello Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Thomas Dodd Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr David Hughes Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Craig Slattery Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Matthew Nally Tutor

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 14:00 - 14:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 16:00 - 16:50
Spring Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 21, 25 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 31, 33 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 2 Week(s) - 21 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 2 Week(s) - 25 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 2 Week(s) - 31, 33 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 3 Week(s) - 23, 29 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 3 Week(s) - 31, 33 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 4 Week(s) - 23 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 4 Week(s) - 29 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Practical Offering 4 Week(s) - 31, 33 Fri 10:00 - 12:50
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