{"id":346,"date":"2022-01-26T08:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T08:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dolia.co.uk\/dsru\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:56:16","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/who-we-are\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a id=\"overview\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_6d173c36a96ee7344737136b3b673d39\" class=\"generic-split-reverse\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-wrapper flexBox justifySpace \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Overview<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Our mission &#038; aim<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Established in 1981, the Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) is a broad pharmacoepidemiological unit which monitors, studies and communicates the safety and risk-benefit balance of medicines and vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Our Mission: To protect public health by studying the use and adverse effects of medicines and vaccines in real-world clinical use, working to the highest possible scientific standards.<\/p>\n<p>All of our work seeks to facilitate the health and wellbeing of patients by putting the interests of patients first and protecting people from the hazards of medicines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-image\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Conducting_Studies_DSRU_Header.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"values\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_6048832743486ef3aa1558ba120cdb1e\" class=\"text-split\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split flexBox justifySpace\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Values<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Integrity, fairness, transparency and openness <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-list\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                    <ul class=\"listspecial\">\n<li>We work with the highest possible scientific and ethical standards, and we adhere to relevant professional guidelines<\/li>\n<li>We conduct our work with integrity, fairness, transparency and openness with all our partners<\/li>\n<li>We value and respect diversity and all the people we work with<\/li>\n<li>We respect the environment and promote sustainability<\/li>\n<li>We seek to innovate the fields of pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology through collaboration, discussion and identification of the best way forward<\/li>\n<li>We strive to inspire and support the next generation of pharmacovigilance scientists through our internationally renowned Education &#038; Training courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"pharmacovigilance\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_735de47458f126742e4258c08c90e5d0\" class=\"generic-split-reverse\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-wrapper flexBox justifySpace  rowReverse \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Pharmacovigilance<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Independent Scientific Excellence<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our activities are principally concerned with pharmacovigilance, that is, the detection of side-effects associated with the use of marketed drugs. The DSRU undertakes and advises on all forms of non-interventional research studies and evaluations of the safety of medicines and provides education and training in pharmacovigilance and related subjects. We have achieved both recognition and endorsement by regulatory authorities, healthcare professionals, and pharmaceutical industry worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-image\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSR-0185.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"who-we-are\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_a78589d7586f01bdcea91926227ca815\" class=\"text-split\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split flexBox justifySpace\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Who we are<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>An Independent Academic Unit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-list\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                    <p>The DSRU is an independent academic unit and registered charity (No. 327206), as well as an Associate Department of the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>The DSRU is led by Director, Linda H\u00e4rmark, and comprises a team of epidemiologists, physicians, pharmacists and biomedical scientists, supported by expert IT and administrative staff. The work of the DSRU is overseen by a panel of Trustees.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_2294982183d6cac723760f4187c1468c\" class=\"generic-split-reverse\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-wrapper flexBox justifySpace  rowReverse \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">More information<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The structure of the DSRU<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more detail on the structure of the DSRU, please see our \u2018Meet the Team\u2019 page. 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