Prof. Datuk Dr Allan Mathews, BSK, PGDK, RPh (Malaysia)
Dean and Professor,
Faculty of Pharmacy
Qualifications:
- B.Pharm (Hons) (USM) 1976
- MSc Clinical Pharmacy (Manchester, UK) 1986
- PhD Clinical Pharmacy (PWU, USA) 1999
- PhD Operations Management (UMS) 2008
- Graduate Cert. Sales Management (CIM, UK) 1994
- Graduate Dip. Marketing (CIM, UK) 1995
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
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Teaching Interests
- Clinical Pharmacy / Hospital Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Management
- Basic Pharmacokinetics
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance
Teaching, Research and Work Experience:
Hospital Pharmacy / Clinical Pharmacy – 10 years
Production and Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals – 7 years
Pharmaceutical Operations, Pharmaceutical Industry – 22 years
Academia – 12 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)
Admitted as Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM, UK) 1995
Member, Institute of Quality Malaysia
Associate Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB
Member, Pharmacy Board of Malaysia (2016 – 2019)
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
- International Webinar Speaker. Emerging Direct Responsibility Bearing Roles in Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy for Pharmacists. 12 June 2020.
- 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
- Invited Speaker, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 50th MPS Seminar May, 2017 Breaking Through the Recognition Barrier – From an Advisory Role to a Responsibility Bearing Role
- 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
- Allan Mathews, Long C. Ming, Farid Z. Che Rose, Syed A. Abbas
Cross-sectional Study on the Impact of Discount Pricing and Price Competition on Community Pharmacy Practice, Cureus, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.9903, 2020. - Allan Mathews. The Malaysian Community Pharmacy Dilemma. Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society e-bulletin. 2020 https://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=37&action=view&retrieveid=7852
- Rabbia Alamdar, Allan Mathews, Sharanjit Kaur, Khairulanwar Husain.
Integrated medicine management system for Malaysian healthcare sector. Int. J. Res Pharm Sci. 10 (3), 1-10. 2019 - 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 - Allan Mathews, Syafiq Abdullah, Yahaya R. Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society. 2015.
Dispensing should be the role of Pharmacists. https://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=4124 - Yahaya R, Dash G.K, Abdullah M.S, Mathews A. Clinacanthus nutans (burm.F.) Lindau: A 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 since 2014.
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, Quest International University
Clinical Pharmacist, Senior Citizens Home, Ipoh. Perak