In Memory of Ms Numa Vera

21-11-1976 - 06-07-2023

Ms. Numa Vera was originally from Papua New Guinea. She attained a Bachelor of Pharmacy degreefromtheUniversityofPapuaNewGuinea in2001.SheprogressedtodoaMastersinScience in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Gadjah Mada UniversityinIndonesiaandgraduatedin2008

The following year, 2009, she joined the former FijiSchoolofMedicineasaLecturerinPharmacy. In 2010, Fiji School of Medicine was combined into Fiji National University and Ms. Numa has remainedworkingintheuniversitytodate.While workingatFijiNationalUniversity,shecontinued to upgrade her education career In 2010, she graduated with Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health Research from Fiji National University. In 2013, she graduated from Monash University, Australia with Postgraduate Diploma in International Health then in 2014she attained a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education fromFijiNationalUniversity

Ms. Numa held a position as Assistant Professor in Pharmacy and is the Head of Department of Pharmacy&PharmacologyatFNUfrom2009up untilherpassing.

Her areas of research include Antimicrobial Resistance and Emergency Contraceptives. She is the lead person from FNU-CMNHS for the Enhancing the Management of Antimicrobial Resistance in Fiji (EMAR) project, focusing on humanhealth.

Ms Numa has contributed to research being donebytheEMARFijiprojectandwastopresent at this symposium however she unfortunately succumbed to cancer and passed away on the 6thofJuly2023

Restinpeace,Numa.