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Awards
Laura Scoops Pharmacist of the Year Title Laura Dowling – winner of the Precision Biotics Community Pharmacist of the Year Award 2022 The Fabulous Pharmacist by name and nature, Laura Dowling was crowned the PrecisionBiotics Community Pharmacist of the Year 2022.
Awards The Irish Pharmacy
2022
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Laura Dowling pictured with Gerard Murphy, National Sales Manager, Pamex Limited
“This is a huge honour for me to receive this Award, all the finalists in this category are outstanding pharmacists” One nominee describes Laura as an outstanding, inspirational leader. She is an incredible ambassador for the pharmacy profession in Ireland. Throughout her 20 years in the profession, Laura has bravely sought to progress her career in so many ways, above and beyond the simple ‘day job’ duties as a pharmacist manager. A pharmacist and scientist by training, Laura graduated from the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin in 2002 and for over twenty years, she has been on a mission to optimise wellness by educating and empowering people to achieve sustainable, healthy lifestyles. “I have always aimed to put the customer first. My dedication to the role was recently recognised -
I was delighted to be awarded the prestigious 2022 Pharmacist of the Year Award.” Online, Laura is well-known as “The Fabulous Pharmacist”. Her Instagram channel @fabulouspharmacist is dedicated to sharing relatable and passionate advice about health, family, self-care and wellbeing. She continues, “I strive to give my 52k+ followers the tools to live a balanced, sustainable, and healthy lifestyle without resorting to short-term crazes or fads. Whether talking about skin concerns, constipation, female incontinence or mental health, I aim to educate my followers and shine a light on topics that others often tend to shy away from.”
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Of note, Laura’s social media following grew exponentially (doubled) over the time of the covid pandemic, as she sought to reassure and inform the public about covid and other pressing healthcare concerns. Laura did not just ‘stay in her lane’ by restricting herself to pharmacy store work. She actively ramped up her social media content, and went above and beyond her day job duties by giving sound advice to tens of thousands of Irish people on a daily basis. Many people were afraid to come into the pharmacy or visit their GP for fear of picking up infection. She witnessed first-hand many people (young and old) that were worried and frightened. Laura used her high visibility on social
media to give them comfort remotely. Her advice is always up-to-date and evidenced-based using the latest WHO, CDC, HPSC, HSE guidelines. She conveys information in an upbeat, engaging and straightforward manner. She is not afraid to shy away from topics that others may be embarrassed to talk about such as vaginal dryness in menopause and urinary incontinence. Laura has also appeared on national and local radio and in national and local newspapers. Topics addressed include covid vaccine safety, pharmacists administering covid vaccines, pharmacy services, antigen tests, flu vaccines, covid vaccine in adults in children, pain relief for hangovers and healthy living
