Prof. Datuk Dr Allan Mathews, BSK, PGDK, RPh (Malaysia)
Dean and Professor,
Faculty of Pharmacy


Qualifications:
- Graduate Dip. Marketing (CIM, UK)
- Graduate Cert. Sales Management (CIM, UK)
- PhD Operations Management (UMS)
- PhD Clinical Pharmacy (PWU, USA)
- MSc Clinical Pharmacy (Manchester, UK)
- BPharm (Hons) (USM)
Experience
- Hospital / Clinical Pharmacy – 14 years
- Industrial Pharmacy – 22 years
- Academia – 10 years
- Community Pharmacy – 6 months
Research Interest
- Community Pharmacy Practice
- Quality of Medicines along the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
- Impact Studies on Clinical Pharmacy Services
Teaching Interests
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Management
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacy Practice
Teaching, Research and Work Experience:
- Hospital Pharmacy / Clinical Pharmacy – 10 years
- Production and Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals – 7 years
- Pharmaceutical Industry – Operations 22 years
- Academia – 11 years
Professional Membership
- Registered Pharmacist, Pharmacy Board Malaysia
- Life Member, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society
- Life Member, Sabah Pharmaceutical Society
- Admitted to American College of Clinical Pharmacy (1990)
- Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM, UK)
- Member, Institute of Quality Malaysia
- Associate, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB
Current Teaching and Administrative Responsibilities Administrative
- Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy
Previous Employment
- Sabah Health Department – Senior Pharmacist; 1977 – 1991
- DKSH Malaysia – Regional Manager / Pharmacist; 1992 – 2013
- Consultant – DKSH Malaysia; Jan 2014 – July 2014
- Deputy Dean / Assoc. Professor – Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, RCMP Ipoh; August 2014 – July 2015
Selected Conference and Training
- Invited Speaker at Malaysian Pharmaceutical Conference, Current Developments in Community Pharmacy Practice, May 2019.
- Invited Speaker, Pharma Conference, Rome, Italy, – Transforming Pharmacy Practice, May 2018
- Plenary Speaker, Ministry of Health Research and Development Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Academia – Practice Collaborative Research on Innovation in Pharmacy Practice, 2016
- Invited Speaker at Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations Congress. Kota Kinabalu. Sabah. Malaysia. 2014.
- Speaker at FAPA Congress, Kota Kinabalu, 9 – 12 October 2014 – Infusing Quality into the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
- Plenary Speaker at 9th National Pharmacy R & D Conference 2016 Kuala Lumpur – Academia-Practice Collaborative Research on Innovation in Pharmacy Practice. 7 – 10 August 2016
- 26th Asian Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, FAPA, Bangkok, 9 – 13 November 2016
- Plenary Speaker at 50th MPS Seminar 2017, Kuala Lumpur 12 – 14 May 2017 – Breaking through the Recognition Barrier – from an Advisory Role to a Responsibility Bearing Role
Selected Research and Publications
- Standardization of Processes Utilizing Business Process Reengineering
Allan Mathews
Lambert Academic Publishing 2012
ISBN 978-3-659-28460-1 - Emerging Concern of the Impact of Temperature Excursions on the Quality of Medicines Along the Supply Chain in Malaysia
Mathews A*, Dash Gouri Kumar
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance 2015;
6(3); 79-83 ISSN 0975 9506 Review Article - Clinacanthus nutans (burm. F.) Lindau: An Useful Medicinal Plant of South-East Asia
Ruhaiyem Yahaya*, Gouri Kumar Dash, Mohd. Syafiq Abdullah
and Allan Mathews
International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical
Research 2015; 7(6); 1244-1250 ISSN: 0975-4873 Research Article - Tradescantia Zebrina: A promising medicinal plant.
IAJPS 2017, 4 (10), 3498- 3502
Gouri Kumar Dash1*, Myint Swe and Allan Mathews
Indo-American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Mathews A. Pharmacist Fees: Knowledge, time are vital. NST. 2015; 23/7 http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=4129#sthash.Ujb3JcJf.dpuf
- Mathews A. Infusing Quality into the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. Mal J Pharm. 2014; 1(2):44-45.
- Mathews A. Standardization of Processes: Utilizing Business Process Reengineering, Lambert Academic Publishing: 2012.
- Gouri Kumar Dash, Ravindran Muthukumarasamy, Shahnaz Majeed, Allan Mathews. Quantitative Estimation of Gallic Acid in Triphala Churna by HTPLC. Journal of Global Pharma Technology, 2019, 11 (3), 07-11
- Allan Mathews, Abul Karam Azad, Syed A. Abbas, Farid Z. Che Rose, A.B.M Helal Uddin, Study on the Perception of Staff and Students of a University on Community Pharmacy Practice in Ipoh, Perak. Malaysia, 2018, Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2018, 10, 226- 231
- Gouri Kumar Dash, Myint Swe, Allan Mathews, Tradescantia Zebrina: A promising medicinal Plant. Indo-American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2017, 4 (10), 3498 – 3502
- Mathews A, Dash G.K. Emerging Concern of the Impact of Temperature Excursions on the Quality of Medicines Along the Supply Chain in Malaysia. Int J Pharm Q Ass. 2015: 6(3): 79-83
- Mathews A. Pharmacist Fees: Knowledge, time are vital. NST. 2015: 23/7 – http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=4129#sthash.Ujb3JcJf.dpuf
- Yahaya R, Dash G.K, Abdullah M.S, Mathews A. Clinacanthus nutans (burm.F.) Lindau: An Useful Medicinal Plant of South-east Asia. Int J Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Res. 2015: 7(6): 1244-1250
- Mathews A. Infusing Quality into the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. Mal J Pharm: 2014:1(2): 44-45
- Mathews A. Standardization of Processes Utilizing Business Process Reengineering, Lambert Academic Publishing. 2012
Research Grants and Consultancy Services:
- Consultant on Pharmaceutical Operations to Pharmaceutical Firm in Brunei
Community Service
- Medicine Management – Monthly at Home for the Aged SIMEE, Ipoh
- Rotary Club of Likas Bay, Kota Kinabalu. Sabah
Practice
- Community Pharmacist, Quest Pharmacy
- Medicine Management – Senior Citizens Home