SCHOOL OF Director: Prof Sarel F Malan Faculty (full-time): 18 Awards & honours: - Dr Jacques Joubert and Prof Sarel Malan, Boehringer Ingelheim/Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Chemistry Publication of the Year awards for 2011 and 2012 (awarded in 2012 and 2013, respectively) - Dr Jacques Joubert, Johnson & Johnson-Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Teacher of the year, 2012 - Prof Nadine Butler, honorary membership of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, made in 2013 - Dr Kim Ward, Medical Research Council career award, 2012/13 - Renier Coetzee, University of West Virginia, clinical preceptor of the year, 2012 - Abednigo Nkosi, South African Pharmacy Council Future Pharmacist (fourth-year student) of the Year, 2013
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Rated researchers: Prof George Amabeoku, Prof Sarel Malan Research Areas: Includes drug-delivery systems for modified release of poorly soluble drugs; the systematic conversion of selected drugs into various solid forms; transdermal permeation studies with emphasis on traditional medicinal compounds; optimisation of nanoparticulate dosage forms for site-specific delivery of drugs; drug design and molecular modelling; characterising medicines of South African plant origin; pharmacy practice; service-learning in pharmacy; research on the medicinal uses of traditional plants; pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs and anti-TB drugs; the clinic-based role for pharmacists; chronic disease management; evidence-based therapeutics Master’s students: 44 (25 research and 19 structured master’s) PhD students: 4
KIM WARD
Dr Kim Ward is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy. In October 2013, she completed a threeyear, European Union-funded, multi-country project in collaboration with the School of Public Health, titled Accessing Medicine in Africa and South Asia, that identified and characterised bottlenecks in the pharmaceutical systems of South Africa, India and Uganda. She served as the South African co-ordinator and a co-researcher on this project, which aimed to examine medicine registration, manufacturing and packaging, procurement and importing, supply chain, dispensing and use. Key policy recommendations on the participation of the private sector in the delivery of medicines at the primary healthcare level, under the National Health Insurance, were highlighted in one of her papers submitted for publication. She pursues similar research in the areas of medicine distribution and pharmaceutical policy research through her postgraduate students (four master’s and one PhD; two graduated in 2012/2013).Ward also conducts research on inter-professional collaboration and the public health roles of pharmacists. Her recent postgraduate projects have been funded through a two-year Career Development Grant received from the Medical Research Council for the period January 2011 to December 2012.This grant was renewed in January 2013 following a successful peer review process.