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   Pharmaceutical Technology

 

Azmin Mohd. Noor

Use of vesicular dosage forms as drug carriers

Habibah  A. Wahab

Computer simulations of biological active molecules (such as lipid) and their interactions with pharmaceutically important molecules; application of IT and modeling tools in pharmaceutically relevant problem

Mehdi Riazi

Medical Microbiology and infectious diseases with a particular interest in the area of Medical Mycology and antifungal chemotherapy.

Nurzalina bt. Abd. Karim Khan

Semi-solid lipid matrices for the controlled release of therapeutic drugs, self-emulsifying drug delivery systems, lipid carriers for the bioavailability enhancement of drugs, characterization studies of pharmaceutical materials.

Pazilah Ibrahim

Studies on the growth pattern of Mycobacterium avium and its susceptibility to antimycobacterial agents - investigation at the cellular level using cytochemical indicators and fluorescence microscopy

Peh Kok Khiang

Pharmaceutical dosage form design and development; transdermal drug delivery; buccal drug delivery; dermatological dosage forms; pelletized dosage forms; dermato-pharmacokinetics

Saringat Hj. Baie

Tablet formulation and design; compaction and compression characteristics of pharmaceutical powder and other materials; stability of herbal formulations; materials testing

Yuen Kah Hay

Controlled release formulations; gastrointestinal transit and absorption studies; pellet formulations; self-emulsifying systems and bioavailability; pharmaceutical applications of cyclodextrins.

Yusrida Darwis

Liposome technology and formulation.

Yvonne Tze Fung Tan

Pelletization; controlled-release dosage forms; design and development of dermatological, bioadhesive and transdermal preparations

 

   Pharmacology

 

Abas Hj Hussin

Herbs-drug interactions; food-drug interactions; drug metabolism and factors modifying it; traditional medicine; signal transduction and cytotoxicity study

Mohd. Zaini Asmawi

Antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic activity of traditional medicines; effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on inflammatory mediators

 

   Physiology

 

Ahmad Pauzi Md. Yusof

Control of cardiovascular function by the autonomic nervous system, specifically examination of the central control of sympathetic vasoconstrictor activity to cardiovascular tissues; neuro-protective actions of tropical plants

Aidiahmad bin Dewa Roles Of The Sympathetic Nervous System And Renin Angiotensin System In The Regulation Of Kidney Function In Cardiovascular Disorders.

Khairul Niza bt. Abd. Razak

Studies on the effects of enkephalins on testicular functions.

Mariam Ahmad

Studies of local medicinal plants as potentially active oral hypoglycemic agents; cytotoxic study of various plant extracts

Munavvar Zubaid Abdul Sattar

Neural control of kidney function; renal and cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology

 

   Clinical Pharmacy

 

Abdul Fatah Hj. Abdul Rahman

Clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs; issues in drug information services; poisoning and clinical toxicology

Azmi Sarriff

Medication counseling and compliance; ambulatory care services and therapeutics; community pharmacy practice- pharmacy intervention, developing pharmaceutical care tools.

Mohd. Baidi Bahari

Development and evaluating the structural intervention program to reduce the risk of chronic childhood diseases at school level; nutrition status and intervention program in hospital and community setting; post marketing surveillance on the pharmaceutical product.

Noorizan Abdul Aziz

Pharmacotherapeutics in critical care patients; drug utilisation; drug usage evaluation; quality assurance

Saad Othman General ethnopharmacology, oncopharmacology and ethno-oncopharmacology

Syed Azhar bin Syed Sulaiman

Hormone replacement therapy; clinical infectious disease; pharmacokinetic and toxicology

Yahaya Hassan

Drug utilisation evaluation; issues in clinical pharmacy practice; drug compliance studies; pharmacoepidemiology and outcome research

Zuraidah Mohd. Yusoff

Issues in woman health; drug use during pregnancy: pattern of drug use adn safety; counselling of pregnant patients regarding drug use; herbal drug use during pregnancy; pharmacoepidemiology.

 

   Social and Administrative Pharmacy

 

Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali

Quantitative and qualitative aspects of medication usage especially involving adherence and barriers to adherence, nonprescription medication – including purchasing patterns, prescription medication – including aspects of prescribing e.g. generic prescribing, off-label and unlicensed prescribing.

● Clinical pharmacoeconomics

● Evaluation and analysis of pharmaceutical policies

● Pharmacy education.

Mohd. Izham Mohamed Ibrahim

Pharmacoeconomics and outcome research; pharmacoepidemiology; social-behavioral aspects of pharmacy

 

   Pharmaceutical Chemistry

 

Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim Synthetic carbohydrate medicinal chemistry, particularly the stereoselective construction of natural glycopeptides, either via solution or solid phase synthesis and synthetic approaches towards the generation of glycosyl-substituted heterocyclic derivatives, which are designed to serve as anti-inflammatories and/or anticancers.

Amirin Sadikun

Synthesis and isolation of chemical components from traditional medicinal plants

Chan Kit Lam

Traditional/Herbal Medicine Research including Phytochemistry, Bioactivity-guided Fractionation, Toxicology and Standardization of Medicinal Herbs.Bioequivalent & Pharmacokinetic Studies.

Gam Lay Harn Proteomics analysis on breast cancer tissue, Isoniazid resistant TB strain and macromolecule inhibitors in kidney stone diseases. Method development for standardization of Ikan haruan extracts.

Norhayati Ismail

Research in pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical chemistry, natural products and traditional medicines

Nornisah Mohamed

Pharmaceutical analysis, chromatographic method development of drugs in body fluid and N-nitrosoamines in food stuff

Zhari Hj Ismail

Phytochemistry of medicinal plants having urolithic activity; standardization of herbal products; pharmacognosy; prodrugs synthesis and evaluation; taste and odour sensor profile of herbals for quality control

 

 

 

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