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Professor Marcus Coffey
Personal Chair
- CoffeyMJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- Cochrane Building, Room 5th Floor, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YU
- Media commentator
Overview
My name is MJ Coffey, and I teach the subject of Pharmacology to our undergraduates on the Medicine (MBBCh) degree programme.
Understanding how drugs work is a vital component of training doctors to become safe prescribers.
Although we only ever want the drugs we give to patients to have a therapeutic effect, we also have to recognise that all medications have the potential to cause unwanted side effects, so a greater understanding of how drugs work can help to reduce the incidence of 'adverse drug reactions'.
To help our students learn about the drugs that can be used across all medical specialities covered in the course, I use a range of teaching techniques that help explain the effects of drugs. This involves contextualising the use of medications that target a specific system (or tissue) within the Human body, so I create immersive teaching materials that cover everything from cardiology to immunology to psychiatry... and everything in between!
I have won a number of awards for my innovative approaches to teaching, and I have a particular interest in creating interactive and visually stimulating e-Learning Resources that Medical Students can use to enhance their knowledge of a particular subject area. Some examples of the types of learning & teaching resources I create may be viewed by clicking on any of the links below:
I am a Senior Fellow of Advance Higher Education.
I am also the Deputy Director of 'HIVE' (the School of Medicine's Digital Education & Innovation Hub)
Publication
2023
- Hassoulas, A., Powell, N., Roberts, L., Umla-Runge, K., Gray, L. and Coffey, M. 2023. Investigating marker accuracy in differentiating between university scripts written by students and those produced using ChatGPT. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching 6(2) (10.37074/jalt.2023.6.2.13)
- Hassoulas, A., de Almeida, A., West, H., Abdelrazek, M. and Coffey, M. J. 2023. Developing a personalised, evidence-based and inclusive learning (PEBIL) model of blended learning: A cross-sectional survey. Education and Information Technologies (10.1007/s10639-023-11770-0)
2020
- Bunni, J., Coffey, J. C. and Kalady, M. F. 2020. Resectional surgery for malignant disease of abdominal digestive organs is not surgery of the organ itself, but also that of the mesenteric organ. Techniques in Coloproctology 24(7), pp. 757-760. (10.1007/s10151-020-02197-7)
2018
- Newton, Z. and Coffey, M. 2018. Case writing workshop. Presented at: Centre for Medical Education, Queen?s University Belfast Curriculum Showcase, Queen's University Belfast, 2018. pp. -.
2016
- Coffey, M. and Newton, Z. 2016. Medic case based learning (CBL) and how it enhances educator practice. Presented at: Centre for Education Innovation?s annual learning and teaching Conference, Cardiff University, 2016. pp. -.
- Newton, Z., Coffey, M. and Riley, S. 2016. Large cohort case based learning: the balanced Goldilocks conundrum. Presented at: AMEE, Barcelona, 28/08/16. pp. -.
2009
- Maskrey, B. H. et al. 2009. Activated platelets and monocytes generate four hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamines via lipoxygenase [Addition]. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284(37), pp. 25460. (10.1074/jbc.A611776200)
2005
- Williams, P. C. et al. 2005. In vivo aspirin supplementation inhibits nitric oxide consumption by human platelets. Blood 106(8), pp. 2737-2743. (10.1182/blood-2005-02-0664)
- Clark, S. R., Anning, P. B., Coffey, M. J., Roberts, A. G., Marnett, L. J. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2005. Depletion of iNOS-derived nitric oxide by prostaglandin H synthase-2 in inflammation-activated J774.2 macrophages through lipohydroperoxidase turnover. Biochemical Journal 385(3), pp. 815-821. (10.1042/BJ20041353)
2004
- Coffey, M. J., Coles, B., Locke, M., Bermudez-Fajardo, A., Williams, P. C., Jarvis, G. E. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2004. Interactions of 12-lipoxygenase with phospholipase A2 isoforms following platelet activation through the glycoprotein VI collagen receptor. FEBS Letters 576(1-2), pp. 165-168. (10.1016/j.febslet.2004.09.007)
- Coffey, M. J., Jarvis, G. E., Gibbins, J. M., Coles, B., Barrett, N. E., Wylie, O. R. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2004. Platelet 12-lipoxygenase activation via glycoprotein VI: involvement of multiple signaling pathways in agonist control of H(P)ETE synthesis. Circulation Research 94(12), pp. 1598-1605. (10.1161/01.RES.0000132281.78948.65)
2002
- Clark, S. R., Coffey, M. J., McLean, R. M., Collins, P. W., Lewis, M. J., Cross, A. R. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2002. Characterization of nitric oxide consumption pathways by normal, chronic granulomatous disease and myeloperoxidase-deficient human neutrophils. The Journal of Immunology 169(10), pp. 5889-5896.
2001
- Coffey, M. J. et al. 2001. Catalytic consumption of nitric oxide by 12/15- lipoxygenase: inhibition of monocyte soluble guanylate cyclase activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) ISSN 1091-6490 98(14), pp. 8006-8011. (10.1073/pnas.141136098)
Articles
- Hassoulas, A., Powell, N., Roberts, L., Umla-Runge, K., Gray, L. and Coffey, M. 2023. Investigating marker accuracy in differentiating between university scripts written by students and those produced using ChatGPT. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching 6(2) (10.37074/jalt.2023.6.2.13)
- Hassoulas, A., de Almeida, A., West, H., Abdelrazek, M. and Coffey, M. J. 2023. Developing a personalised, evidence-based and inclusive learning (PEBIL) model of blended learning: A cross-sectional survey. Education and Information Technologies (10.1007/s10639-023-11770-0)
- Bunni, J., Coffey, J. C. and Kalady, M. F. 2020. Resectional surgery for malignant disease of abdominal digestive organs is not surgery of the organ itself, but also that of the mesenteric organ. Techniques in Coloproctology 24(7), pp. 757-760. (10.1007/s10151-020-02197-7)
- Maskrey, B. H. et al. 2009. Activated platelets and monocytes generate four hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamines via lipoxygenase [Addition]. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284(37), pp. 25460. (10.1074/jbc.A611776200)
- Williams, P. C. et al. 2005. In vivo aspirin supplementation inhibits nitric oxide consumption by human platelets. Blood 106(8), pp. 2737-2743. (10.1182/blood-2005-02-0664)
- Clark, S. R., Anning, P. B., Coffey, M. J., Roberts, A. G., Marnett, L. J. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2005. Depletion of iNOS-derived nitric oxide by prostaglandin H synthase-2 in inflammation-activated J774.2 macrophages through lipohydroperoxidase turnover. Biochemical Journal 385(3), pp. 815-821. (10.1042/BJ20041353)
- Coffey, M. J., Coles, B., Locke, M., Bermudez-Fajardo, A., Williams, P. C., Jarvis, G. E. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2004. Interactions of 12-lipoxygenase with phospholipase A2 isoforms following platelet activation through the glycoprotein VI collagen receptor. FEBS Letters 576(1-2), pp. 165-168. (10.1016/j.febslet.2004.09.007)
- Coffey, M. J., Jarvis, G. E., Gibbins, J. M., Coles, B., Barrett, N. E., Wylie, O. R. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2004. Platelet 12-lipoxygenase activation via glycoprotein VI: involvement of multiple signaling pathways in agonist control of H(P)ETE synthesis. Circulation Research 94(12), pp. 1598-1605. (10.1161/01.RES.0000132281.78948.65)
- Clark, S. R., Coffey, M. J., McLean, R. M., Collins, P. W., Lewis, M. J., Cross, A. R. and O'Donnell, V. B. 2002. Characterization of nitric oxide consumption pathways by normal, chronic granulomatous disease and myeloperoxidase-deficient human neutrophils. The Journal of Immunology 169(10), pp. 5889-5896.
- Coffey, M. J. et al. 2001. Catalytic consumption of nitric oxide by 12/15- lipoxygenase: inhibition of monocyte soluble guanylate cyclase activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) ISSN 1091-6490 98(14), pp. 8006-8011. (10.1073/pnas.141136098)
Conferences
- Newton, Z. and Coffey, M. 2018. Case writing workshop. Presented at: Centre for Medical Education, Queen?s University Belfast Curriculum Showcase, Queen's University Belfast, 2018. pp. -.
- Coffey, M. and Newton, Z. 2016. Medic case based learning (CBL) and how it enhances educator practice. Presented at: Centre for Education Innovation?s annual learning and teaching Conference, Cardiff University, 2016. pp. -.
- Newton, Z., Coffey, M. and Riley, S. 2016. Large cohort case based learning: the balanced Goldilocks conundrum. Presented at: AMEE, Barcelona, 28/08/16. pp. -.
Teaching
I teach extensively on the following programmes in:
MBBCh (UCAS: A100/ A101)
I have a particular interest in teaching cardiovascular pharmacology