school report 2015

School of Pharmacy Te Kura Matauraka Wai-whakaora

SCHOOL REPORT 2015

Contents

Staff as at December 2015 ............................................................................................. 1

Teaching Programme ....................................................................................................... 3

Enrolments in 2015 .......................................................................................................... 8

Prizes and Awards for 2015 ........................................................................................... 9

Graduates in 2015 .......................................................................................................... 10

Research Statistics .......................................................................................................... 13

Grants ............................................................................................................................... 14

Current PhD Students .................................................................................................. 16

BPharm Honours Programme ..................................................................................... 19

Publications – Journal .................................................................................................... 21

Conference Presentations ............................................................................................ 27

Conference Attendance ................................................................................................ 35

Seminars ........................................................................................................................... 40

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Staff as at December 2015 Professor and Dean

Stephen Duffull, DipPharm (CIT) MPharm(Clin) PhD (Otago) RegPharmNZ FNZCP MPS

Professors

Sarah Hook, BSc(Hons) PhD (Otago) ASI NZFSS

Pauline Norris, BA MA (Cant) PhD (Well)

Ian Tucker, BPharm(Hons) PhD (Qld) FNZCP FCRS RegPharmNZ MPS

Associate Professors

Rhiannon Braund, BSc BPharm PhD (Otago) FNZCP RegPharmNZ MPS

Natalie Medlicott, BPharm PhD (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Joel Tyndall, BSc(Hons) (Monash) PhD (Qld)

Senior Lecturers

Shyamal Das, MPharm (B’lore) PhD (Monash)

James Green, BA(Hons) PhD (Otago)

Susan Heydon, BA(Hons) DHMSA (London) MA PhD (Otago) DHMSA Arlene McDowell, BSc(Hons) MSc (Melb) PhD (Otago)

Prasad Nishtala, MPharm PhD GradDipClinPharm (Sydney) AACPA

Dorothy Saville, BPharm(Hons) MSc PhD (Syd)

Alesha Smith, BSc MSc (Otago) PhD (UQ)

June Tordoff, BPharm(Hons) MPharm (Brad) PhD (Otago) MRPharmS RegPharmNZ MPS

Greg Walker, MSc PhD (Otago)

Lecturers

Hesham Al-Sallami, BPharm PGDipClinPharm MClinPharm (Otago) ANZCP RegPharmNZ

MPS

Allan Gamble, BMedChemAdv PhD GCertBus (W’gong)

Shakila Rizwan, BPharm, PhD (Otago) Andrea Vernall, BSc (Hons) PhD (Cant)

Dan Wright, BScPharm (Dal) MA (Brist) MSc PhD (Otago) RegPharmNZ

Senior Teaching Fellow

David Schmierer, BAppSci (Swinburne) MAACB CChem MRACI MRSC

Professional Practice Fellows

Kate Farquharson, BPharm GDipBHL (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

John Fraser, BSc (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Nicola Hewson, BPharm (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Lisa Kremer, BPharm (Otago) PGDipClinPharm (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Anita Olivier, DipPharm (Natal) PGCertTertT (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Aynsley Peterson, BPharm PGCertPharm (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

James Windle, DipPharm (CIT) DipBusAdmin MBS (Massey) BPharm MClinPharm PGCertTertT (Otago) AFAIPM MNZCP RegPharmNZ MPS

David Woods, BSc(Hons) (Manch) MPharm (Otago) MPS

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Research Staff

Biju Balakrishnan, BVSc AH (Kerala Ag) MVSc (IVRI) PhD (Auck)

Olaf Bork, DipIIng DrIng (Bremen)

Jasper Chiu, BPharm, PhD (Otago)

Sara de la Harpe

Rohit Jain, MSc (Greenwich), PhD (Otago)

Hu Zhang, MB (Bengbu) MD (Anhui) PhD (Otago)

Administrative Staff

Amanda Abraham MHealSci (Otago)

Denise Botting

Kathy Ferguson, DipPol

Lisa Head

Jane McAuslan, BCom (MANT) NZCE (Civil)

Vicky McLeod, Nat Cert Pharm Tech

Rewa Pene Christine Price

Gwen Slote, BA (Washington)

Sarah Wilson

Technical Staff

Michael Broughton, MSc (Otago)

Julie Harwood, NDS

Tim Campbell, BSc (Information Science) (Otago)

Kevin Crump, BSc (Otago)

Pummy Krittaphol, BSc(Hons) RPharm (Rangsit) MSc (Mahidol) PGDip MSc PhD (Otago)

Joanne Preston, NZCS BSc (Massey)

Lisa Reid, Cert Disp Tech

Len Stevenson, NZCS PGCertHSci (Otago)

Brian Young, NZCE

Contracted Teaching Staff

Linda Bryant, BPharm MClinPharm (Otago) PhD (Auck) MPS

Bevan Clayton-Smith, BPharm MClinPharm (Otago) RegPharmNZ MPS

Keith Crump, DipPharm (CIT) RegPharmNZ

Alison Davies, DipPharm (CIT) DipHospPharm (Syd) MMedSci (Newcastle)

John Dunlop, PGDipPharm MPharm (Otago) FACPP MCPP FNZCP MRPharm DPharm

(Auck) MPS

Sunita Goyal, BSc DipPharm MClinPharm (Otago) MPS

Adele Print, BPharm MClinPharm (Otago)

Honorary Professors

David Jones, BSc (Hons Pharmacy)(Queens Belfast) PhD (Pharmaceutics)(Queens Belfast)

DSc (Queens Belfast)

John Murphy, PharmD (Florida) FCCP FCP

Thomas Rades, BSc(Pharm) (Hamburg) PhD (Braunschweig) Clare Strachan, BPharm PhD (Otago)

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Teaching Programme

Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree (BPharm) 2015

Associate Dean, Academic: Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott

Director, Admissions: Dr June Tordoff

Director, Undergraduate Programmes: Dr Arlene McDowell

Student Support Coordinator: Dr Shakila Rizwan

Student Support Coordinator: Dr Allan Gamble

First Year (Common Health Sciences First Year) Credit Points

BIOC 192 Foundations of Biochemistry 18

CELS191 Cell and Molecular Biology 18

CHEM191 The Chemical Basis of Biology and Human Health 18

HEAL192 Foundations of Epidemiology 18

HUBS191 Human Body Systems 1 18

HUBS192 Human Body Systems 2 18

PHSI191 Biological Physics 18

Second Year Credit Points PHCY219 Microbiology and Immunology (for BPharm) 12

Dr Judith Bateup (Microbiology)

PHCY231 Biochemistry (for BPharm) 7

Dr Alan Carne (Biochemistry)

PHCY251 Physiology (for BPharm) 17

Associate Professor Phil Sheard (Physiology)

PHCY254 Physical Pharmacy A 12

Dr Shakila Rizwan

PHCY255 Physical Pharmacy B 12

Dr Greg Walker

PHCY256 Biopharmaceutical Chemistry 12

Mr David Schmierer

PHCY258 Introduction to Drug Action 12

Associate Professor Joel Tyndall PHCY259 Quality of Medicines 12

Dr Allan Gamble

PHCY263 Principles of Pharmacy Practice 24

Dr Susan Heydon

Third Year Credit Points

PHCY315 Human Disease 12

Ms Catherine Ronayne (Pathology)

PHCY340 Essentials of Drug Action 12

Dr Gregory Giles (Pharmacology & Toxicology)

PHCY342 Drug Delivery Systems 12

Dr Arlene McDowell

PHCY343 Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics 12

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Dr Dorothy Saville

PHCY344 Professional Pharmacy Practice A 12

Dr James Green

PHCY345 Quality Use of Medicines A (modules), Mr David Schmierer 50

Gastrointestinal Disorders, Dr June Tordoff

Infectious Diseases, Professor Sarah Hook

Respiratory Disorders, Professor Stephen Duffull

Endocrine Disorders, Mr David Schmierer

Cardiovascular, Dr Andrea Vernall

PHCY346 Professional Pharmacy Practice B 10

Mr James Windle

Fourth Year Credit Points PHCY470 Elective Study 12

Mr David Schmierer

PHCY471 Quality Use of Medicines B (modules), Dr Hesham Al-Sallami 46

Oncology & the Immunocompromised patient, Professor Sarah Hook

Reproduction, Associate Professor Rhiannon Braund

Musculoskeletal, Dr Hesham Al-Sallami

PHCY472 Professional Pharmacy Practice C 16

Dr Susan Heydon

PHCY473 Quality Use of Medicines C (modules), Dr Prasad Nishtala 46

Central Nervous System Disorders, Dr Prasad Nishtala

Dermatology, Mrs Anita Olivier

Haematology, Dr Hesham Al-Sallami

Special Populations, Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott

Medicines Management, Ms Aynsley Peterson

Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours Degree (BPharm Hons) 2015

Programme Co-ordinator: Dr Shyamal Das

Fourth Year Credit Points PHCY480 Honours Research Project 36

Dr Shyamal Das

PHCY481 Quality Use of Medicines B (modules), Dr Hesham Al-Sallami 46

Oncology & the Immunocompromised patient, Professor Sarah Hook

Reproduction, Associate Professor Rhiannon Braund

Musculoskeletal, Dr Hesham Al-Sallami

PHCY482 Professional Pharmacy Practice C 16

Dr Susan Heydon

PHCY483 Quality Use of Medicines C (modules), Dr Prasad Nishtala 46

Central Nervous System Disorders, Dr Prasad Nishtala

Dermatology, Mrs Anita Olivier

Haematology, Dr Hesham Al-Sallami

Special Populations, Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott

Medicines Management, Ms Aynsley Peterson

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Postgraduate Professional Programmes

Director, Postgraduate Professional Programmes: Dr Dan Wright

Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MClinPharm)

The degree may be achieved either:

by passing PHCY506 and PHCY512, and submitting a research dissertation (PHCY590) OR

by passing PHCY506 and submitting a thesis (PHCY5A) having previously passed PHCY512.

Credit Points

PHCY506 Research Methods 30 Dr James Green

PHCY512 Advanced Clinical Pharmacy 30

Professor Stephen Duffull

PHCY590 Dissertation 30

Professor Pauline Norris

PHCY5A Thesis 90


Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (PGDipClinPharm) The diploma may be achieved by passing any four of PHCY522, PHCY523, PHCY524, PHCY541,

PHCY542; or by passing PHCY512, PHCY525, PHCY541, PHCY542.

Credit Points

PHCY522 Applied Clinical Pharmacy 1 30

Dr Linda Bryant

PHCY523 Applied Clinical Pharmacy 2 30 Professor John Murphy

PHCY524 Pharmacoeconomics and Drug Evaluation 30

Ms Alison Davies

PHCY525 Core Clinical Pharmacy 30

Dr Linda Bryant/ Professor John Murphy

PHCY541 Medicines Information 30

Mr David Woods

PHCY542 Medicines Management 30

Dr Dan Wright

PHCY547 Medicines and Culture

Dr Susan Heydon 30

PHCY548 Pharmaceutical Policy

Professor Pauline Norris 30

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy (PGCertPharm) The programme shall consist of an approved paper or papers to the value of 60 points,

which must be as specified in the schedule of endorsed options if the certificate is to be

endorsed in an area of specialisation.

Credit Points

Endorsed Option Medicines Management (PGCertPharm MEMA)


Mr David Woods

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PHCY542 Medicines Management 30

Dr Dan Wright

Endorsed Option Social Pharmacy (PGCertPharm SOPH)


Mr David Woods

PHCY547 Medicines and Culture 30

Dr Susan Heydon

PHCY548 Pharmaceutical Policy 30


Any one of the above two papers or one other paper to the value of 30 points

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacist Prescribing

(PGCertPharmPresc) This programme shall consist of papers PHCY601 Principles of Prescribing and PHCY602

Prescribing Practicum, both papers have a value of 30 points each, a total of 60 points for

the programme. This programme may be completed after a student gains the

PGDipClinPharm.

Credit Points

PHCY601 Principles of Prescribing 30

Ms Adele Print

PHCY602 Prescribing Practicum 30

Ms Adele Print

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Research-Based Degree Programmes Associate Dean, Research | Professor Sarah Hook

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is awarded on the basis of the submission of a thesis.

The thesis should give evidence of the candidate's ability to carry out research, that the

candidate has shown originality and independence, and that the candidate has made a

significant contribution to knowledge in the particular field. It is expected that some of the

work in the thesis would be worthy of publication. The research should be of a kind which a

diligent and competent student might reasonably be expected to complete within three

years of full-time study.

Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) The degree may be awarded in any area of Pharmacy.

The degree may be achieved by passing PHCY501-504, and submitting a thesis (PHCY5). In

place of one of the papers PHCY501-504, candidates may take either PHCY506 or any two

of HASC411, HASC412 and HASC413.

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy (PGDipPharm) The degree may be awarded in any area of Pharmacy.

Credit Points

The degree may be achieved by passing PHCY501-504.

PHCY501 Elective Studies 30




Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy (PGCertPharm)

A non-endorsed option has been undertaken by graduate students who complete a 60-point

research dissertation for the award of PGCertPharm.

Credit Points

PHCY590 Dissertation 60

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Enrolments in 2015

Undergraduate 2015

Year 1 not applicable*

Year 2 134

Year 3 145

Year 4 152

*selection into the BPharm programme occurs at the end of the first year

Postgraduate Programmes Student Numbers

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy

Medicines Management 43

Research 3

Social Pharmacy 3

Pharmacist Prescribing 3

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy 22

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy* 0

Master of Clinical Pharmacy 2

Master of Pharmacy* 1

PhD 45

*currently not enrolling students into these programmes

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Prizes and Awards for 2015

Undergraduate

FOURTH YEAR

Kit Yue (Jamie) Chan - Christina White prize (Student with best overall achievement in

the BPharm degree overall)

Liang Kooi Kok - Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand prize

Liang Kooi Kok - NZHPA Clinical pharmacy prize

Rebecca Lovelock - Pharmacy Defence Association prize

Rebecca Lovelock - Douglas Pharmaceuticals Pharmacy Practice Fourth Year prize

Rebecca Lovelock - Thomson Reuters Pharmacy prize

THIRD YEAR Helen Lee - Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand prize

Abbey Evison – Ken Campbell Memorial prize in pharmacy practice

Abbey Evison – Douglas Pharmaceuticals Pharmacy Practice Third Year prize

Natalie Fleming – NZ Hospital Pharmacists’ Association – Syd Little Memorial prize

Helen Lee – Otago Pharmacological Association prize

SECOND YEAR

Paula Sutton – Toniq prize

Ramon Wong – NZ Controlled Release Society Pharmaceutics prize

Priyanki Gandhi – Pharmacy Guild of NZ Inc. Pharmacy Practice prize

Ramon Wong – UBS Pharmaceutical Chemistry prize

Postgraduate PGCertPharm (MEMA)

Ashleigh Eaden – Best overall grade

PGDipClinPharm

Anna Stevenson – Best overall grade

PHCY512 Advanced Clinical Pharmacy

Nil – Best overall grade

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Graduates in 2015

Doctor of Philosophy Hesham Al-Sallami

Title: Optimising patient care by individualising drug dosage

Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Duffull, Assoc Prof. Natalie Medlicott

Piyanan (Jill) Assawasuwannakit

Title: Understanding and quantifying adherence and its link to therapeutic success

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Rhiannon Braund, Prof. Stephen Duffull

Sharan Bobbala

Title: Novel injectable thermoresponsive hydrogels for sustained release vaccines

Supervisor: Prof. Sarah Hook, Dr Arlene McDowell

Jasper Chiu

Title: Designing oligoarginine-associated PECA nanoparticles for enhanced cellular

uptake

Supervisor: Dr Arlene McDowell, Prof. Ian Tucker, Dr Bernie McLeod

Paulina Guzman

Title: Studying the physical stability of BSA at the bulk solution and oil/water interface

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Natalie Medlicott, Dr Stefania Baldursdottir, Prof. Thomas

Rades, Dr Lene Jorgensen

Pei Ting (May) Mah

Title: Novel aspects for the analysis and optimisation of amorphous formulations

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Clare Strachan, Prof. Thomas Rades, Prof. Keith Gordon

Silke Neumann

Title: Long peptide vaccines for the treatment of melanoma

Supervisor: Prof. Sarah Hook, Prof .Thomas Rades, Prof. Rod Dunbar, Dr Roslyn

Kemp

Vittal Shivva

Title: Pharmacometric methods in clinical pharmacology: an application to ketones

Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Duffull, Prof. Ian Tucker

Farrukh Zeeshan

Title: Protein structure in solid lipid matrices intended for potential dosage forms

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Natalie Medlicott, Dr Lene Jorgenson

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy (no endorsement) (PGCertPharm) Richard PRENTICE

Amber YOUNG

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Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MClinPharm)

Nil

Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy (PGDipPharm)

Nil

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (PGDipClinPharm)

Calum ANDERSON with distinction

Lauren ASSINK with distinction

Katherine BOULTON

Julia BROOKS with distinction

Huijun (June) CHEN with credit

Mara COLER with distinction

Gail COWLES with distinction

Katie DAVIS with distinction

Rebecca DEAN with distinction Lena ESTRIN with distinction

Claire FRASER with distinction

Kate GRIFFIN with credit

Mohammed ISSA with distinction

Tess JAMES with distinction

Tsz (Wendy) LEE with distinction

Ho Che (Arthur) LIU with credit

Samuel LOEVENDIE with distinction

Chanelle OWEN with distinction

Benny PAN with credit

Dian PHONE with distinction

Charity PNG with distinction

Jessica RICKARD with distinction

Vidhya SRITHARAN with credit

Anna STEVENSON with distinction

Brendon STEWART with credit

Michael TAYLOR with credit

Rebecca WRIGHT with distinction

Jenny WU with distinction

Sharon YANG with distinction

Sharyn YOUNG with distinction

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy (endorsed in Medicines Management)

(PGCertPharm MEMA)

Mena A-DAIM

Megan ADIE

Riani ALBERTYN

Kasey BROWN

Sarah BUSHBY

Amanda COOK Sasha DOBIE

Ashleigh EADEN

Steven FOWKE

Stella FULTON

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Sarah GRANT

Michael HAMMOND

Rachel HOOKER

Mayoorathy JEYAMDIAN

Jennifer JONES

Shiu Wei KAN

Jun Hee KANG

Karen KENNEDY

Na Eun (Emilia) KIM

Catherine LI

George MANSOUR

Caroline MARTIN

Julia McDONALD

Mary MESSEHA

Lye Finn NG

Shawei (Sacha) OUYANG Ji Hyun (Jessy) PARK

Megan PETERS

Anna PRIVETT

Rebekah REARDON

Natascha ROUGHTON

Wilson SHEN

Vanessa (Brown) SMITH

Claire THROWER

Peggy TING

Stuart WALKER

Seung Kwon (James) YU

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacy (endorsed in Social Pharmacy)

(PGCertPharm SOPH)

Ka Ying (Mirabelle) AU

Katie ROSS

Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacist Prescribing (PGCertPharm Presc)

Penny CLARK

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Research Statistics Publications 2015

Authored Book – Research 0

Chapter in Book 3 Edited Book – Textbook & Other 1

Journal – Research Articles 77

Journal – Research Other 6

Journal – Professional & Non-Research 0

Conference Contributions

- Published Proceedings and Poster Presentations 7

- Verbal Presentation & Other Outputs 35

Grant Funding (approximately) 2015

Research GST exclusive $834,225

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Grants Principal

Investigators Title of Project Funder Value

Greg Walker Nano-Webs for plant

protection

Agmardt $23,000

Pauline Norris Living well with mild cognitive

impairments

Brain Research NZ 34,423

Alesha Smith Integrating patient data to

optimise medicines and

reduce polypharmacy

Health Research

Council

178,273

Shyamal Das Formulation of anti-

tuberculosis drugs for high

dose pulmonary delivery

Health Research

Council

143,767

Shakila Rizwan The nose knows the way:

An intranasal approach to treat drug-resistant epilepsy

Health Research

Council

137,636

Andrea Vernall Integrated preparative high

pressure liquid

chromatography (prep-

HPLC) system

NZ Lottery Grant

[Equipment grant]

19,179

Prasad Nishtala Real-World incidence of

diabetes and cardiovascular

events with antipsychotics

NZ Lottery Grant 50,662

Sarah Hook Use of the dual COX/LOZ

inhibitor licofelone for

treatment of cancer

NZ Pharmacy

Education & Research

Foundation

(NZPERF)

3,000

Rhiannon Braund Sildenafil supply in NZ; who

are accessing via pharmacist-

only and how does this

compare with prescriptions

supply

NZ Pharmacy


Foundation

(NZPERF)

5,792

Rhiannon Braund Medicines information needs

in NZ general practice

NZ Pharmacy


Foundation

(NZPERF)

8,910

Allan Gamble,

Sarah Hook

New approaches to triggered

drug delivery with responsive

nano-vesicles

NZ Pharmacy


Foundation

(NZPERF)

10,950

Greg Walker,

Roland Broadbent

A new omeprazole

formulation designed for

paediatric patients

NZ Pharmacy


Foundation

(NZPERF)

7,110

Natalie Medlicott,

Roland Broadbent

Aldosterone and diuretic

treatment in pre-term

neonates

NZ Pharmacy


Foundation

(NZPERF)

5,889

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Sarah Hook Use of the dual COX/LOX

inhibitor licofelone for

treatment of cancer

Otago Medical

Research Foundation

11,484

Shyamal Das Can powders for inhalation

which are made by spray-

drying be stabilised?

Development of a physically

stable high dose powder for

inhalation for lung infections

by spray-drying

University of Otago

Research Grant

27,254

Allan Gamble Prodrug strategies for

treating cognitive decline and

Alzheimer's Disease

University of Otago

Research Grant

36,731

Joel Tyndall Development of future drugs

for chlamydia targeting HtrA

using structure based drug

design

University of Otago

Research Grant

45,000

Andrea Vernall Development of fluorescent

ligands for the cannabinoid

type two receptor

University of Otago

Research Grant

50,000

Dan Wright Towards a revised dosing

strategy for metformin in

patients with impaired kidney

function

University of Otago

Research Grant

35,165

TOTAL GRANTS $834,225

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Current PhD Students As at 31 December 2015

Ayodeji Agbowuro, “Design, synthesis and optimisation of chlamydia trachomatis protease inhibitors”, with Associate Professor Joel Tyndall, Dr Allan Gamble

Nagham Ailabouni, “De-prescribing: discontinuation of un-necessary medicines in frail

older people in New Zealand”, with Dr Prasad Nishtala, Associate Professor Derelie Mangin

(General Practice)

Hanisah Azhari, “Modified cubosomes for drug delivery to the brain”, with Dr Shakila

Rizwan, Professor Sarah Hook, Professor Ben Boyd (Monash)

Chloe Campbell, “The optimal use of medicines: information needs of New Zealand

health professionals”, with Associate Professor Rhiannon Braund, Dr Caroline Morris

(Primary Health Care & General Practice)

Anna Cooper, “Development of fluorescent ligands for the type 2 cannabinoid receptors”,

with Dr Andrea Vernall, Professor Sarah Hook, Associate Professor Joel Tyndall

Sumit Dadhwal, “Polymersomes: a contemporary method of targeted drug delivery

against cancer”, with Dr Allan Gamble, Professor Sarah Hook

Basanth Eedera, “Inhalable lipid-drug micro-particles for treatment of pulmonary

tuberculosis”, with Dr Shyamal Das, Professor Ian Tucker

Jessica Fairhall, “Bioorthogonal prodrug activation for targeted chemotherapy”, with Dr

Allan Gamble, Professor Sarah Hook

Feifei Feng, “Delivering drugs through the blood brain barrier”, with Professor Ian Tucker,

Associate Professor Paul Fawcett

Bhuvan K.C., “Medicines, tourism and healthcare: an investigation into a pharmacist led

travel health service and improved access to medicines in Western Nepal”, with Dr Susan

Heydon, Professor Pauline Norris

Kan Kaneko, “Development and characterization of oral alpha-galactosylceramide

liposomal formulation for use in atopy”, with Professor Sarah Hook, Dr Arlene McDowell

Under Examination

Shirley Keown, “Prescription medicines use among Maori in Gisborne: equity and access”,

with Professor Pauline Norris, and Dr Simon Horsburgh (Preventive & Social Medicine)

Kathrin Kramer, “Bio-conjugate approaches for improved adjuvant vaccines”, with Dr

Greg Walker, and Dr Sarah Young (Anatomy)

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Eeva-Katri Kumpula, “Investigating emergency department (ED) presentations for

intentional self-poisoning”, with Prof. Pauline Norris, Dr Shyamala Nada-Raja (Preventive &

Social Medicine)

Arnold Lee, “pH sensitive materials for the delivery of vaccines from the endosome to the

cytoplasm, with Professor Sarah Hook, Dr Allan Gamble

Andrew McLaughlin, “Development of controlled release devices for the local delivery of

drugs to the brain for the treatment of stroke”, with Dr Greg Walker, and Dr Andrew

Clarkson (Anatomy)

Siddharth Matikonda, “Tumour targeted prodrugs”, with Dr Allan Gamble, Professor

Sarah Hook

Shamin Mohd Saffian, “The dose individualization of oral anticoagulants”, with Dr Dan

Wright, Professor Stephen Duffull, Dr Paul Chin (Christchurch School of Medicine)

Mohammad Momin, “Spray-dried powder particles containing single or combination of

drugs for treating multidrug resistant tuberculosis”, with Dr Shyamal Das, Professor Ian

Tucker

Younus Mohammad, “Endogenous lipid carriers for drug delivery to the brain”, with Dr

Shakila Rizwan, Dr Andrew Clarkson (Anatomy), Professor Ben Boyd (Monash)

Himang Mujoo, “Use of bilosomes to deliver drugs across the blood brain barrier”, with

Professor Ian Tucker, Associate Professor John Reynolds (Anatomy) – Under examination

Patti Napier, “Investigation of the potential of advanced roles for New Zealand pharmacy

technicians”, with Associate Professor Rhiannon Braund, Professor Pauline Norris

Sujita Narayan, “Pharmacoepidemiological approaches to examine preventive medicines

and multimorbidity in older people”, with Dr Prasad Nishtala, Dr June Tordoff

Henry Ndukwe, “Utilisation of psychotropic medicines in older people in New Zealand: a

pharmcoepidemiological approach”, with Dr Prasad Nishtala, Dr June Tordoff, and Dr Ting

Wang (Maths & Statistics)

Qing Xi Ooi, “Effects of vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma on reversal of warfarin

overdose”, with Prof. Stephen Duffull, Dr Dan Wright, Associate Professor Geoff Isbister

(University of Newcastle)

Shan Pan, “Development of a population PKPD model for methotrexate and methotrexate

polyglutamates in red blood cells”, with Professor Stephen Duffull, Professor Lisa Stamp

(Medicine), Dr Julia Korell (Model Answers) – Under examination

Noni (Allison) Richards, “Understanding antiepileptic medicine exposure in pregnancy”, with Dr Alesha Smith, Associate Professor David Reith, Associate Professor Mike Stitely

(both of Women’s and Children’s Health)

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Mohammed Salahudeen, “Anticholinergic indices for commonly prescribed medicines”,

with Dr Prasad Nishtala, Professor Stephen Duffull – Under examination

Emma Salis, “Insulin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PKPD) in paediatrics and

neonates”, with Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott, Associate Professor David Reith

(SDHB)

Bryan Simpson, “Personalised medicine through information technology (PerMIT)”, with

Dr Alesha Smith, Associate Professor David Reith (Children’s and Women’s Health),

Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott

Sameek Singh, “Development of fluorescent ligands for the cannabinoid receptors”, with

Dr Andrea Vernall, Associate Professor Joel Tyndall

Vijay Siripuram, “Understanding azathioprine metaboilism using a systems pharmacology

approach”, with Professor Stephen Duffull, Professor Murray Barclay (Medicine), Dr Dan Wright

Vanda Symon, “Fact and fiction: Communicating science through the crime fiction of

Ngaio Marsh”, with Associate Professor Natalie Medlicott, Dr Susan Heydon, Professor

Warwick Duncan (Oral Sciences)

Thi Hong Hanh Vu, “Preparation and evaluation of oral nanoformulations for the

antioxidant rutin”, with Dr Arlene McDowell, Professor Sarah Hook

Anna Widayanti, “Health-seeking behavior of Indonesian communities”, with Professor

Pauline Norris, Dr Sue Heydon, Dr James Green

James Windle, “Learning and assessment connections occurring between the

undergraduate years of the Otago BPharm degree and pre-registration internship, a

longitudinal study”, with Professor Ian Tucker, Professor Jeffrey Smith (University College of

Education), and Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith (HEDC)

Sasi Yarragudi, “Mucoadhesive microparticlulate drug delivery system for nose-to-brain

delivery”, with Dr Shakila Rizwan, Dr Andrew Clarkson (Anatomy), Dr Greg Walker

Bettina Zadehvakili, “Design, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of some novel

glutathione peroxiodase mimics”, with Dr Gregory Giles (Pharmacology),Associate

Professor Paul Fawcett

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BPharm Honours Programme The School re-introduced its Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours (BPharm (Hons)) Programme

for the 2015 academic year, with Honours’ students beginning their research project

(PHCY480) in early November 2014.

All together 33 students from third year of the undergraduate pharmacy programme applied

for entry to the Honour’s programme. Students are selected based upon their GPA up to

and including first semester P3, research experience and interest perceived by their cover

letter and student-teacher interviews, and the availability of preferred research projects.

11 places were offered in the programme. Although the minimum allowable entry grade is a

GPA of B+, most students who entered the programme have a minimum GPA of A.

All students received scholarships to cover the 10-week research period over the summer

between years 3 and 4 (PHCY480). The School is grateful for financial support from a range

of funders as shown below.

Although students are also eligible to join the programme and self-fund their living expenses

over this period, this year there were sufficient scholarships to cover available projects.

Ultimately places were limited by the number of available projects.

Honours Students 2015

Philip Arnold

Project: The chemical synthesis and secondary structure of hemopressin analogues as

cannabinoid receptor antagonists.

Supervised by Dr Andrea Vernall

Sponsored by Fred Fastier Trust

Jamie (Kit Yue) Chan

Project: Cationic role of resident mast cells in ischemia reperfusion induced (IRI) kidney

injury.

Supervised by Dr Vishal Diwan


Lily Chen

Project: High dose drug delivery to the lung by engineering drug powders using spray drying

technique

Supervised by Dr Shyamal Das

Sponsored by Douglas Pharmaceuticals

Nalini Ganaeswaren

Project: Drug delivery to the lung - the influence of lung surfactants on dissolution of drugs.

Supervised by Dr Shyamal Das


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Yen Qi Hew

Project: Optimised formulations of indomethacin.

Supervised by Dr Dorothy Saville

Sponsored by the Christina White Trust

Ha-Lam Jeong

Project: Medicines use amongst people with diabetes

Supervised by Prof. Pauline Norris and Dr Alesha Smith

Sponsored by NZPERF

Liang Kooi Kok

Project: Enzyme inhibitors from cabbage as drugs for inflammatory disease.

Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Joel Tyndall and Dr Allan Gamble


Isabelle Kuan Project: Model-based estimation of glomerular filtration rate

Supervised by Dr Dan Wright and Prof. Steve Duffull

Sponsored by NZPERF

Catherine Ross

Project: pH responsive delivery of vaccines

Supervised by Prof. Sarah Hook

Sponsored by the School of Pharmacy

Wei Kiet Tey

Project: Interaction of surface modified nano-carriers with immortalized human endothelial

cells

Supervised by Dr Shakila Rizwan

Sponsored by School of Pharmacy Research Committee

Fang Juinn Yu

Project: Optimising the use of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women and their

infants

Supervised by Mr Hesham Al-Sallami

Sponsored by NZPERF

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Publications – Journal D1 – JOURNAL, RESEARCH ARTICLE

Al-Sallami, H.S., Goulding, A., Grant, A., Taylor, R., Holford, N., Duffull, S. B. Prediction

of fat-free mass in children. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 54(5) 1-10 (2015)

Alrakaf, S., Anderson, C., Coulman, S.A., John, D.N., Tordoff, J., Sainsbury, E., Rose, G.,

Smith, LAn international comparison study of pharmacy students’ achievement goals and

their relationship to assessment type and scores. American Journal of Pharmaceutical

Education, 79(3), 35 (2015)

Anwar, M., Green, J.A., Norris, P., Bukhari, N.L. Self-medication, home remedies, and

spiritual healing: Common responses to everyday symptoms in Pakistan. Health Psychology &

Behavioral Medicine, 3(1), 281-295 (2015)

Assawasuwannakit, P., Braund, R., Duffull, S. B. A model-based meta-analysis of the

influence of factors that impact adherence to medications. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy &

Therapeutics, 40(1), 24-31 (2015)

Assawasuwannakit, P., Braund, R., Duffull, S.B. Quantification of the forgiveness of

drugs to imperfect adherence. CPT Pharmacometrics Systems Pharmacology., 4, e4, (2015)

Bergin, D. H., Jing, Y., Zhang, H., Liu, P. A single intracerebroventricular Aβ 25-35 infusion

leads to prolonged alterations in arginine metabolism in the rat hippocampus and prefrontal

cortex. Neuroscience, 298, 367-379 (2015)

Bobbala, S., McDowell, A., Hook, S. Quantitation of the immunological adjuvants,

monophosphoryl lipid A and Quil A in poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles using high

performance liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detection. Journal of Chromatography B, 975, 45-51 (2015)

Chiew, A.L., Isbister, G.K., Duffull, S.B., Buckley, N.A. Evidence for the changing regimens

of acetylcysteine. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 81(3), 471-481 (2015)

Chin, P.K.L., Patterson, D.M., Zhang, M., Jensen, B.P., Doogue, M.P., Wright, D.F.B.,

Barclay, M.L., Begg, E.B. Coagulation assays and plasma fibrinogen concentrations in ‘real

world’ patients with atrial fibrillation treated with dabigatran. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 78(3), 630-

638 (2015)

Chiu, J.Z.S., Tucker, I.G., McLeod, B.J., McDowell, A. Arginine-tagging of polymeric

nanoparticles via histidine to improve cellular uptake. European Journal of Pharmaceutics &

Biopharmaceutics, 89, 48-55 (2015)

Cooper, J., Duffull, S. B., Saiao, A. S., Isbister, G. K. (2014). The pharmacokinetics of

sertraline in overdose and the effect of activated charcoal. British Journal of Clinical

Pharmacology, 79(2), 307-315 (2015)

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Das, S.C., Tucker, I.G., Stewart, P.J. Surface energy determined by inverse gas

chromatography as a tool to investigate particulate interactions in dry powder inhalers.

Current Pharmaceutical Design, 21(27), 3932-3944 (2015)

Das, S., Tucker, I., Stewart, P. Inhaled dry powder formulations for treating tuberculosis.

Current Drug Delivery, 12(1), 26-39 (2015)

Dew, K., Norris, P., Gabe, J., Chamberlain, K., Hodgetts, D. Moral discourses and

pharmaceuticalised governance in households. Social Science & Medicine, 131, 272-279 (2015)

Duffull, S.B., Wright, D.F.B. What do we learn from repeated population analyses?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79(1), 40-47 (2015)

Engelke, L., Winter, G., Hook, S., Engert, J. Recent insights into cutaneous immunization:

How to vaccinate via the skin. Vaccine, 33, 4663-4674 (2015)

Even, M.-P., Bobbala, S., Kok, L.K., Hook, S., Winter, G., Engert, J. Impact of implant

composition of twin-screw extruded lipid implants on the release behaviour. International

Journal of Pharmaceutics, 493, 102-110 (2015)

Greatrex, B.W., Daines, A.M., Hook, S., Lenz, D.H., McBurney, W., Rades, T., Rendle, P.

M. Synthesis, formulation, and adjuvanticity of monodesmosidic saponins with olenanolic

acid, hederagenin and gypsogenin aglycones, and some C-28 ester derivatives.

ChemistryOpen, 4, 740-755 (2015)

Green, J. A. The effect of English proficiency and ethnicity on academic performance and

progress. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 20(1), 219-228 (2015)

Gulati, A., Faed, J.M., Isbister, G.K., Duffull, S.B. Application of adaptive DP-optimality to

design a pilot study for a clotting time test for enoxaparin. Pharmaceutical Research, 32(10),

3391-3402 (2015)

Hellyer, S.D., Indurthi, D., Balle, T., Runder-Varga, V., Selwood, A.I., Tyndall,

J.D.A., Chebib, M., Rhodes, L., Kerr, D.S. Pinnatoxins E, F and G target multiple nicotinic

receptor subtypes. Journal of Neurochemistry, 135, 479-491 (2015)

Heydon, S. Which medicine? Medicine-taking and changing Sherpa lives. Himalaya, 35(1), 9,

(2015)

Highton, A. J., Kojarunchitt, T., Girardin, A., Hook, S., Kemp, R.A. Chitosan hydrogel

vaccine generates protective CD8 T cell memory against mouse melanoma. Immunology &

Cell Biology, 93, 634-640 (2015)

Hinow, P., Radunskaya, A., Mackay, S.M., Reynolds, J.N.J., Schroeder, M., Tan, E.W.,

Tucker, I.G. Signaled drug delivery and transport across the blood-brain barrier. Journal of

Liposome Research, 1-13 (2015)

Jain, R., Bork, O., Tucker, I.G. Stability of penethamate, a benzylpenicillin ester prodrug,

in oily vehicles. Drug Development & Industrial Pharmacy, 41(11), 1801-1808 (2015)

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Jatrana, S., Richardson, K., Norris, P., Crampton, P. Is cost-related non-collection of

prescriptions associated with a reduction in health? Findings from a large-scale longitudinal

study of New Zealand adults. BMJ Open, 5(11), e007781 (2015)

Jaye, C., Hale, B., Butler, M., McKechnie, R., Robertson, L., Simpson, J., Tordoff, J., Young, J.

One of us: Stories from two New Zealand rest homes. Journal of Aging Studies, 35, 135-143

(2015)

K C, B., Heydon, S., Norris, P. Access to and quality use of non-communicable diseases

medicines in Nepal [Commentary]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy & Practice, 8(1), 21 (2015)

Kaneko, K., McDowell, A., Ishii, Y., Hook, S. Selective quantitation of the incorporation

of the immunomodulator α -Galactosylceramide in liposomes using LC-MS/MS. International

Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 392, 96-101 (2015)

Kanjanakawinkul, W., Medlicott, N.J., Rades, T., Puttipipatkhachorn, S., Pongjanyakul, T. Lysozyme–magnesium aluminum silicate microparticles: Molecular interaction, bioactivity

and release studies. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 80, 651-658 (2015)

Kim, J.S., Brownjohn, P.W., Dyer, B.S., Beltramo, M., Walker, C.S., Hay, D.L, Painter, G.F.

Tyndall, J.D.A., Anderson, G.M. Anxiogenic and stressor effects of the hypothalamic

neuropeptide RFRP-3 are overcome by the NPFFR antagonist GJ14. Endocrinology, 156(11),

4152-4162, (2015)

Kojarunchitt, T., Baldursdottir, S., Dong, Y.-D., Boyd, B.J., Rades, T., Hook, S. Modified

thermoresponsive Poloxamer 407 and chitosan sol-gels as potential sustained-release

vaccine delivery systems. European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, 89, 74-81

(2015)

Lagishetty, C.V., Duffull, S.B. Evaluation of approaches to deal with low-frequency

nuisance covariates in population pharmacokinetic analyses. AAPS Journal, 17(6) (2015)

Liau, J.J., Hook, S., Prestidge, C.A., Barnes, T.J. A lipid based multi-compartmental system:

Liposomes-in-double emulsion for oral vaccine delivery. European Journal of Pharmaceutics &

Biopharmaceutics, 97, 15-21 (2015)

Madsen, C.G., Skov, A., Baldursdottir, S., Rades, T., Jorgensen, L., Medlicott, N.J. Simple

measurements for prediction of drug release from polymer matrices: Solubility parameters

and intrinsic viscosity. European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, 92, 1-7 (2015)

Mah, P., Fraser, S., Reish, M., Rades, T., Gordon, K., Strachan, C. Use of low-frequency

Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics for the quantification of crystallinity in amorphous

griseofulvin tablets. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 77, March, 10-16 (2015)

Mah, P.T., Laaksonen, T., Rades, T., Peltonen, L., Strachan, C.J. Differential scanning

calorimetry predicts the critical quality attributes of amorphous glibenclamide. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 80, 74-81 (2015)

Marsh, J.W., Wee, B.A., Tyndall, J.D.A., Lott, W.B., Bastidas, R.J., Caldwell, H.D., Valdivia,

R.H., Kari, L., Huston, W.M. A Chlamydia trachomatis strain with a chemically generated

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amino acid substitution (P370L) in the cthtrA gene shows reduced elementary body

production. BMC Microbiology, 15, 194 (2015)

Matikonda, S.S., Orsi, D.L., Staudacher, V., Jenkins, I.A., Fiedler, F., Chen, J., Gamble,

A.B. Bioorthogonal prodrug activation driven by a strain-promoted 1,3-dipolar

cycloaddition. Chemical Science, 6, 1212-1218 (2015)

Narayan, S.W., Nishtala, P.S. Associations of potentially inappropriate medicine use

with fall-related hospitalisations and primary care visits in older New Zealanders: A

population-level study using the updated 2012 Beers Criteria. Drugs, 2. 137-141 (2015)

Narayan, S.W., Nishtala, P.S. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicine use in

older New Zealanders: A population-level study using the updated 2012 Beers criteria.

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21, 633-641 (2015)

Ndukwe, H.C., Nishtala, P.S. Donepezil adherence, persistence and time to first discontinuation in a three-year follow-up of older people. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive

Disorders Extra, 5(3), 482-491, (2015)

Neumann, S., Young, K., Compton, B., Anderson, R., Painter, G., Hook, S. Synthetic

TRP2 long-peptide and α -galactosylceramide formulated into cationic liposomes elicit CD8+

T-cell responses and prevent tumour progression. Vaccine, 33, 5838-5844 (2015)

Nishtala, P.S., Soo, L. Proton pump inhibitors utilisation in older people in New Zealand

from 2005 to 2013. Internal Medicine Journal, 624-629 (2015)

Nishtala, P.S., Oh, S., Kim, D., Chun, N., Kamis, S.F.B., Kiu, K.-C. Analgesic

medicine utilization in older people in New Zealand from 2005 to 2013. Drugs, 2, 177-185

(2015)

Nyberg, J., Bazzoli, C., Ogungbenro, K., Aliev, A., Leonov, S., Duffull, S., Hooker, A.,

Mentré, F. Methods and software tools for design evaluation for population

pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics studies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79(1), 6-

17 (2015)

Ou, Z.-Q., Rades, T., McDowell, A. Anti-ageing effects of Sonchus oleraceus L. (pūhā) left

extracts on H202-induced cell senescence. Molecules, 20, 4548-4564 (2015)

Owens, K.H., Medlicott, N.J., Zacharias, M., Whyte, I.M., Buckley, N.A., Reith, D.M.

Population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) modelling to describe the effects of

paracetamol and N-acetylcysteine on the International Normalised Ratio (INR). Clinical &

Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 42(1), 102-108 (2015)

Pan, S., Korell, J., Stamp, L. K., Duffull, S. B. Simplification of a pharmacokinetic model

for red blood cell methotrexate disposition. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(12),

1509-1516 (2015)

Petrovski, K. R., Grinberg, A., Williamson, N. B., Abdalla, M. E., Lopez-Villalobos, N.,

Parkinson, T. J., Tucker, I.G., Rapnicki, P. Susceptibility to antimicrobials of mastitis-causing

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Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis and Str. dysgalactiae from New Zealand and the

USA as assessed by the disk diffusion test. Australian Veterinary Journal, 93(7), 227-233 (2015)

Rooney, J. S., McDowell, A., Strachan, C. J., Gordon, K. C. Evaluation of vibrational

spectroscopic methods to identify and quantify multiple adulterants in herbal medicines.

Talanta, 138, 77-85 (2015)

Saffian, S., Wright, D.F.B., Roberts, R.L., Duffull, S.B. Methods for predicting warfarin

dose requirements. Therapeutic Drug Monitorin, 37(4), 531-538 (2015)

Saffian, S.M., Zhang, M., Chin, P.K.L., Jensen, B.P. Quantification of dabigatran and indirect

quantification of dabigatran acylglucuronides in human plasma by LC-MS/MS. Bioanalysis, 7(8),

957-966 (2015)

Salahudeen, M.S., Duffull, S.B., Nishtala, P.S. Anticholinergic burden quantified by

anticholinergic risk scales and adverse outcomes in older people: A systematic review. BMC Geriatrics, 15, 31 (2015)

Salahudeen, M.S., Hilmer, S.N., Nishtala, P.S. Comparison of anticholinergic risk scales

and associations with adverse health outcomes in older people. Journal of the American

Geriatrics Society, 63(1), 85-90 (2015)

Salis, E.R., Soelbeck, M.K., Reith, D.M., Wheeler, B.J., Broadbent, R.S., Medlicott, N.J.

Effect of gestational age and blood glucose on C-peptide excretion rate and clearance in

neonates. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. 52, 60-66 (2015)

Santoke, H., Tong, A.Y.C., Mezyk, S.P., Johnston, K.M., Braund, R., Cooper, W. J., Peake,

B. MUV photodegradation of enoxacin in water: Kinetics and depradation Pathways. Journal

of Environmental Engineering, 141(10), (2015)

Scherliess, R., Mönckedieck, M., Young, K., Trows, S., Buske, S., Hook, S. First in vivo

evaluation of particulate nasal dry powder vaccine formulations containing ovalbumin in

mice. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 479(2), 408-415 (2015)

Shi, J., Das, S., Morton, D., Stewart, P. The kinetics of de-agglomeration of magnesium

stearate dry-coated salbutamol sulphate powders. KONA Powder & Particle Journal, 32, 131-

142. (2015)

Spencer, E. S., Dale, E. J., Gommans, A. L., Rutledge, M. T., Vo, C. T., Nakatani, Y., Gamble,

A.B., Smith, R. A. J., Wilbanks, S. M., Hampton, M. B., Tyndall, J.D.A. Multiple binding

modes of isothiocyanates that inhibit macrophage migration inhibitory factor. European

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 93, 501-510 (2015)

Staunton, P.F., Baker, J.F., Green, J., Devitt, A. Online curves: A quality analysis of scoliosis

videos on YouTube. Spine, 40(23), 1857-1861(2015)

Stoddart, L.A., Vernall, A., Briddon, S.J., Kellam, B., Hill, S.J. Direct visualisation of

internalization of the adenosine A3 receptor and localization with arrestin3 using a

fluorescent agonist. Neuropharmacology, 98, 68-77 (2015)

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Surwase, S.A., Itkonen, L., Aaltonen, J., Saville, D., Rades, T., Peltonen, L., Strachan, C.J.

Polymer incorporation method affects the physical stability of amorphous indomethacin in

aqueous suspension. European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, 96, 32-43 (2015)

Tucker, I.G., Das, S.C., Stewart, P. J. A view on the less-than-rational development of

drug delivery systems: The example of dry powder inhalers. Journal of Drug Delivery Science &

Technology, 30, 310-317 (2015)

Yin, L., Meng, X., Zhou, X., Zhang, T., Sun, H., Yang, Z, Fawcett, J. P.,et al. Simultaneous

determination of carboprost methylate and its active metabolite carboprost in dog plasma

by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry with positive/negative ion-switching

electrospray ionization and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Journal of

Chromatography B, 998-999, 8-14 (2015)

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Conference Presentations E1 - CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION – PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS: FULL ABSTRACT

Khalil Zadeh, N., Robertson, K., Green, J. How consumers evaluate online

pharmaceutical advertising? Public health and marketing perspectives. In A. Ganglmair-

Wooliscroft, J. Williams, & B. Wooliscroft (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand

Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Midyear Doctoral Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand:

Marketing Department, University of Otago, pp. 24-31, 2015

E2 - CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION – PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS: ABSTRACT

Ailabouni, N., Nishtala, P.S., Mangin, D., Tordoff, J. Deprescribing: An insight into

general practitioners' views on deprescribing for older patients. Proceedings of the New

Zealand Hospital Pharmacists' Association (NZHPA) Annual Conference, pp. 44, 28-30 August,

2015

Ailabouni, N. J., Nishtala, P. S., Mangin, D., Tordoff, J. Deprescribing feasibility study in

New Zealand residential care homes. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science

Association and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and

Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to Medicines: Up Close and Personal.

400, Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Al-Sallami, H.S. Dosing in children and the need to account for body composition. Proceedings of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists' Association (NZHPA) Annual Conference,

pp. 57, 28-30 August, 2015

Al-Sallami, H.S., Newell, F., Monagle, P., Ignjatovic, V., Cranswick, N., Duffull, S.B.

Development of a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model of a single bolus

dose of unfractioned heparin in paediatric patients. Abstracts of the Population Approach Group

Europe (PAGE) conference, Crete, Greece, 2-5 June 2015

Azhari, H., Rizwan, S., Hook, S., Boyd, B. J., Strauss, M. Modifying the surface of

cubosomes with blood-brain barrier targeting ligands strongly influences its nanostructure.

Proceedings of the 27th National Conference on Microscopy, Dunedin, NZ, 2-6 February, 2015

Barclay, M. L., Jalilzadeh, A., Vajjah, P., Duffull, S. A mathematical model of the metabolic

pathway for azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical

Science Association and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and


158., Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Campbell, C., Braund, R., Morris, C. Medicines information provision by pharmacists in

New Zealand public hospitals: A national overview. Proceedings of the New Zealand Hospital

Pharmacists' Association (NZHPA) Annual Conference. pp. 47, Napier, NZ, 28-30 August, 2015

Campbell, C., Braund, R., Morris, C. Optimal delivery of information regarding

medicines at the point of care. In J. Young (Ed.), Proceedings of the Annual General Practice and

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Primary Care Research Weekend, (pp. 11-12). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of General

Practice and Rural Health, University of Otago, 2015

Chen, L., Das, S. C. Development of a physically stable high dose powder for inhalation by

spray-drying. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association and the

Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT)

Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to Medicines: Up Close and Personal. 241, Hobart, Australia, 29

November-2 December, 2015

Duffull, S.B., Hegarty, G. An approximation to the solution of systems of nonlinear

ordinary differential equations in pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics. Abstracts of the

Population Approach Group Europe (PAGE) conference, Crete, Greece, 2-5 June 2015

Ergler, C. R., Green, J., Guiney, T. Tertiary students' wellbeing in a neoliberal climate:

Coping with exam times. Proceedings of the Public Health Association Conference. Dunedin, NZ,

7-9 September, 2015

Green, J. A., Anwar, M., Norris, P., Zerhouni, O., Gauchet, A. Unconscious implicit

attitudes as a predictor of medicines adherence and self-medication. Proceedings of the

Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association and the Australasian Society of Clinical and

Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to

Medicines: Up Close and Personal.120, Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Green, J, Ergler, C., Macmillan, A., Samaranayaka, A., Gill, M., Li, C.L.C., Narayanan, A.,

Shepherd, B., Ting, S., van Bart, K. Substance use for coping with academic pressure and

increasing performance. Abstracts of the 29th Conference of the European Health Psychology

Society, Limassol, Cyprus, 1-5 September, 2015

Green, J., Gauchet, A., Zerhouni, O. Using the affect misattribution procedure to measure

attitudes towards conventional and herbal medicines and adherence. Abstracts of the 29th

Conference of the European health Psychology Society, Limassol, Cyprus, 1-5 September, 2015

Hook, S. Developing platforms for maximising immunisation responses. Proceedings of the



Medicines: Up Close and Personal, 208, Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Kannangara, D., Graham, G., Wright, D., Barclay, M., Stamp, L., Williams, K., Day, R.

Treating gout patients with allopurinol: A concentration- or dose-response approach?

Internal Medicine Journal, 45(Suppl. 2), pp. 13, 2015

Mohammad, Y., Clarkson, A.N., Boyd, B.J., Rizwan, S. B. Aqueous mixtures of

phytantriol-oleoylethanolamide and pluronic F127 result in an intriguing variety of self-

assembled lipid nanoparticles as revealed by Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy

(cryo-TEM). Proceedings of the 27th National Conference on Microscopy, 2-6 February, 2015

Napier, P., Norris, P., Braund, R. The introduction of an advance role for technicians

facilitates greater patient focused activities for pharmacists. Proceedings of the Australasian

Pharmaceutical Science Association and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental

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Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to Medicines: Up

Close and Personal, 427. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Napier, P., Norris, P., Braund, R. Using the technology: The novel use of a smart phone

app to assess the potential redistribution of dispensary tasks in preparation for the

introduction of a new checking technician role. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical


Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to Medicines: Up Close and Personal,

426. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Narayan, S. W., Hilmer, S. N., Nishtala, P. S. Statin discontinuation in older people with

dementia: A pharmacoepidemiological study. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical



130. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Narayan, S. W., Nishtala, P. S. Pharmacoepidemiological approaches examining

preventive medicines and multimorbidity in older people. In C. Matthewson, M.

Taumoepeau, I. Iati, M. Inder, C. Pau, & R. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific

Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XII, (pp. 27). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands

Centre, University of Otago, 24 September, 2015

Ndukwe, H.C., Nishtala, P.S. Glucose monitoring in new users of second generation

antipsychotics in older people: A population-based study. Proceedings of the Australasian

Pharmaceutical Science Association and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental

Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting: Drugs to Medicines: Up

Close and Personal, 603. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Pan, S., Duffull, S. Automated proper lumping for the simplification of systems models.

Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Europe (PAGE) conference, Crete, Greece,

2-5 June, 2015

Salahudeen, M.S., Chyou, T.-y.,Nishtala, P.S. A systematic review and meta-analysis

on serum anticholinergic activity and adverse outcomes in older people. Proceedings of the



Medicines: Up Close and Personal, 428. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

Salis, E.R., Soelbeck, M.K., Reith, D.M., Wheeler, B.J., Broadbent, R.S., Medlicott, N.J. C-

peptide clearance: Potential marker of endogenous insulin secretion for PKPD studies of

insulin in neonates. Clinical Therapeutics, 37(8, Suppl.), pp. e59, 2015

Saville, D.J., Hew, Y.Q. Stability of amorphous indomethacin suspensions in in vitro media.

Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association and the Australasian Society of

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (APSA-ASCEPT) Joint Scientific Meeting:

Drugs to Medicines: Up Close and Personal, 462. Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2 December, 2015

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Spencer, E., Dickerhof, N., Tyndall, J., Bernhagen, J., Kettle, A., Hampton, M. Assessing

inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor by isothiocyanates. Free Radical Biology &

Medicine, 86(Suppl. 1), pp. S42-S43, 2015

Symon, V., Heydon, S., Medlicott, N.J., Kieser, J., Fleming, J. S. Before CSI: Making the

case for a novel portrayal of forensic science. In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau, I. Iati, M.

Inder, C. Pau, & R. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific

Voices XII, Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago, pp. 47, 2015

Wright, D.F.B., Duffull, S.B., Merriman, T.R., Barclay, M.L. Allopurinol dosing in patients

with renal impairment. Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Europe (PAGE) conference,

Crete, Greece, 2-5 June, 2015

Yarragudi, S.B., Walker, G.F., Clarkson, A.N., Rizwan, S.B. Scanning electron

microscopy as a tool to understand the effects of process variables on microparticle

formation. Proceedings of the 27th National Conference on Microscopy, Dunedin, NZ, 2-6 February, 2015

Yu, F.J., Milne, T., Knight, J., Grant, C.C., Al-Sallami, H.S. Exploring the influence of

patient covariates on the dose-response of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women

and their infants. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1427). Hobart, Australia, 29 November-2

December, 2015

E4 - CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION – POSTER PRESENTATION

Azhari, H., Hook, S., Boyd, B.J., Rizwan, S.B. Zebrafish can be used to determine

permeability of nanoparticles across the blood-brain barrier in vivo. Poster session presented at

the 11th International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology, Paris, France, 6-9 July,

2015

Kramer, K., Young, S., Walker, G. Reversible adjuvant conjugation to a model tumour antigen

enhances CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell proliferation in vitro. Poster session presented at the Otago

Spotlight Series: Cancer Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 20 October, 2015

Lala, A., Medlicott, N., Broadbent, R., McCaffrey, F., Reith, D. Gentamicin pharmacokinetic

variability is influenced by choice of administration route. Poster session presented at the 15th

Biennial European Society for Developmental, Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology

(ESDPPP) Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 23-26 June, 2015

Matikonda Sai, S., Fairhall, J., Gamble, A. A new aryl allyl ether based stable and tunable release enabled self-immolative linkers for tumour-targeted prodrug therapy. Poster session

presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Cancer Research, Wellington, New Zealand,

20 October, 2015

Medlicott, N., Thomas, L., Broadbent, R., Reith, D. Slow infusions of gentamicin are

associated with high variability in peak gentamicin concentrations in low gestation age (GA)

neonates. Poster session presented at the 15th Biennial European Society for

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Developmental, Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology (ESDPPP) Congress, Belgrade, Serbia,

23-26 June, 2015

Salis, E.R., Reith, D.M., Broadbent, R.S., Wheeler, B.J., Medlicott, N.J. Extremely

premature neonates exhibit insulin resistance. Poster session presented at the 15th Biennial

European Society for Developmental, Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology (ESDPPP)

Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 23-26 June, 2015

Simpson, B., Reith, D., Medlicott, N., Smith, A., Tilyard, M. New Zealand formulary for

children: A case study of national paediatric formulary development. Poster session presented at

the 15th Biennial European Society for Developmental, Perinatal and Paediatric

Pharmacology (ESDPPP) Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 23-26 June, 2015

E5 - CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION – VERBAL PRESENTATION

Al-Sallami, H.S., Cheah, S., Han, S., Liew, J., Lim, J., Ng, M., Solanki, H., Soo, R.,

Tan, V., Duffull, S.B. Redefining normal variability of drug disposition. Abstracts of the

Population Approach Group Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ) conference, Melbourne,

Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

Al-Sallami, H. Redefining normal variability of drug disposition. Verbal presentation at the 17th

Annual Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne,


Al-Sallami, H., Wright, D. Hands on with NONMEM II: Covariate models. Workshop

presentation at the 17th Annual Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting

(PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

Al-Sallami, H.S., Newall, F., Monagle, P., Ignjatovic, V., Cranswick, N., Duffull, S.B. The

influence of body composition on the dose-response of heparin in children. Verbal presentation at

the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists New

Zealand Section (ASCEPT-NZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-3

September 2015

Assawasuwannakit, P., Braund, R., Duffull, S. Application of relative forgiveness using

clinically observed adherence profiles. Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Australia

and New Zealand (PAGANZ) conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January 2015

Duffull, S. Model simplification I. Workshop presentation at the 17th Annual Population Approach

Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia. 28-30 January,

2015

Duffull, S. Model simplification I. Workshop presentation at the 17th Annual Population Approach

Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia. 28-30 January,

2015

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Duffull, S., Pan, S., Shivva, V. Model simplification II. Workshop presentation at the 17th



Hook, S. Development of community pharmacists as independent vaccinators. Verbal presentation

at the Health Workforce Research and Policy Symposium: Questions, Conundrums and the Road

Ahead, Wellington, New Zealand, 21 April 2015

Hook, S. One-shot sustained release nanoparticle vaccines. Verbal presentation at the Fifth

International Conference on Modern Vaccines Adjuvants & Delivery Systems, Leiden, The

Netherlands, 18-20 May, 2015

Hook, S. Targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics. Abstracts of the Drug Delivery Australia

Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 19-20 November, 2015

Kuan, I.H.S., Wright, D.F.B., Putt, T.L., Walker, R.J., Duffull, S.B. Are conventional methods for measuring isotopic GFR really the gold standard? Verbal presentation at the

Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists New Zealand

Section (ASCEPT-NZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-3 September

2015 [Student presentation]

Lala, A., Reith, D., Broadbent, R., Medlicott, N. Effect of flush volume on gentamicin delivery

through umbilical venous catheters. Verbal presentation at the 15th Biennial European Society for

Developmental, Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology (ESDPPP) Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 23-

26 June, 2015

McDowell, A. What’s the dose at the nano-bio interface? Abstracts of the Drug Delivery

Australia Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 19-20 November, 2015

Nishtala, P. Adverse effects of anticholinergic medicines in older people. Abstracts of the

BIT’s 3rd Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 26-28

November, 2015

Pan, S., Duffull, S. Automated proper lumping for the simplification of linear systems.

Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ) conference,

Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January 2015

Rizwan, S. Nanoparticle technology for drug delivery to the brain. Verbal presentation at the 9th

Annual Brain Health Research Centre Conference: Science for a Healthy Brain, Dunedin, New

Zealand, 19 June 2015

Saffian, S. A suggestion for determining systematic bias when measuring predictive performance.

Verbal presentation at the 17th Annual Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand

Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

Saffian, S.M., Duffull, S.B., Tait, R.C., Black, L., Lund, K., Thomson, A., Wright, D.F.B. Current warfarin dosing tools do not accurately predict maintenance doses in patients who require

> 7mg daily. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental

Pharmacologists and Toxicologists New Zealand Section (ASCEPT-NZ) Annual Scientific Meeting,

Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-3 September, 2015

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Salis, E.R., Reith, D.M., Broadbent, R.S., Wheeler, B.J., Medlicott, N.J.). Extremely

premature neonates exhibit insulin resistance. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists New Zealand Section (ASCEPT-NZ)

Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-3 September, 2015

Shivva, V. A systems pharmacology model for pharmacokinetic disposition of a ketone monoester

and its metabolism products in human. Verbal presentation at the 17th Annual Population

Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia, 28-30

January, 2015

Salahudeen, M.S., Nishtala, P.S., Duffull, S.B. Model-based estimation of

anticholinergic burden. Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Australia and New Zealand

(PAGANZ) conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

Smith, A. The pharmacy workforce and provision of services in community pharmacies. Verbal presentation at the Health Workforce Research and Policy Symposium: Questions, Conundrums and

the Road Ahead, Wellington, New Zealand, 21 April, 2015

Tordoff, J., Ailabouni, N., Browne, D., Al-Sallami, H., Gray, A. Changes in

antipsychotic prescribing in dementia and psychogeriatric units in New Zealand. Abstracts of

the Nordic Social Pharmacy and Health Services Research Conference & The Nordic Networking

Group of Clinical Pharmacy, Tartu, Estonia, 3-5 June, 2015. International Journal of Clinical

Pharmacy, 37(1), June, 2015

Tucker, I.G. Oils aren’t oils – challenges in oil-based delivery systems. Abstracts of the Drug

Delivery Australia Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 19-20 November, 2015

Tyndall, J., Kok, L., Rutledge, M., Vo, C., Gamble, A., Wilbanks, S., Hampton, M.

Fragments and covalent inhibitors targeting macrophage migration inhibitory factor for

inflammatory disease and cancer. Verbal presentation at the Pacifichem 2015 Conference,

Hawaii, USA, December, 2015

Vernall, A. Fluorescent probes as drug discovery tools. Auckland GPCR Symposium,

Auckland, NZ, 20 February, 2015

Wright, D. Allopurinol dosing in patients with renal impairment. Verbal presentation at the 17th



Wright, D. Building covariate models. Workshop presentation at the 17th Annual Population

Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia. 28-30

January, 2015

Wright, D. Critical appraisal and discussion. Workshop presentation at the 17th Annual

Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand Meeting (PAGANZ), Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

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Wright, D.F.B., Duffull, S.B., Merriman, T.R., Barclay, M.L., Stamp, L.K. Allopurinol

dosing in patients with renal impairment. Abstracts of the Population Approach Group Australia

and New Zealand (PAGANZ) conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 January, 2015

Wright, D.F.B., Duffull, S.B., Merriman, T.R., Dalbeth, N., Barclay, M.L., Stamp, L.K.

Predicting allopurinol response in patients with renal impairment. Verbal presentation at the

Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists New Zealand

Section (ASCEPT-NZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand,

1-3 September, 2015

Yu, F.J., Milne, T., Knight, J., Grant, C.C., Al-Sallami, H.S. Exploring the influence of patient

covariates on the dose-response of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women and their infants.

Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and

Toxicologists New Zealand Section (ASCEPT-NZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, New

Zealand, 1-3 September, 2015 [Student presentation]

Zare, D., Medlicott, N., McGrath, K. M. Surface visco-elasticity of milk protein. Verbal

presentation at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology

(AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand, 8-12 February, 2015

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Conference Attendance The School is pleased to be able to support staff and postgraduate students to attend

national and international conferences. This is essential to ensure that the academic staff

are abreast of developments in their field, to allow them to network with potential international collaborators and to provide opportunity to present research data where it

can be peer-reviewed and critically assessed.

PhD students are given a grant-in-aid to attend national and international conferences to

present their PhD research in second and third years of their programme. Support is also

provided by the Division of Health Sciences.

Not all were financially supported by the School

Name Conference name Location Dates

Hesham Al-Sallami Population Approach Group Australia &

New Zealand (PAGANZ)

Melbourne,

Australia 28-30 January

Jill

Assawasuwannakit

Population Approach Group Australia &


Melbourne,


Steve Duffull Population Approach Group Australia &


Melbourne,


Shan Pan Population Approach Group Australia &


Melbourne,


Shamin Mohd

Saffian



Melbourne,


Mohammad

Salahudeen



Melbourne,


Vittal Shivva Population Approach Group Australia &


Melbourne,


Dan Wright Population Approach Group Australia &


Melbourne,


Hanish Azhari 27th National Conference on Microscopy Dunedin, NZ 2-6 February

Shakila Rizwan 27th National Conference on Microscopy Dunedin, NZ 2-6 February

Younus

Mohammad 27th National Conference on Microscopy Dunedin, NZ 2-6 February

Sasi Yarragudi 27th National Conference on Microscopy Dunedin, NZ 2-6 February

Andrea Vernall Auckland G protein-coupled receptor

symposium Auckland, NZ 20 February

Sue Heydon British Society for the History of

Pharmacy

Sunderland,

UK 27-29 March

Shyamal Das Respiratory Drug Delivery Europe Nice, France 5-8 May

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Sarah Hook Immunology 2015 AAI annual meeting New Orleans,

USA 8-12 May

Sarah Hook Modern Vaccines Adjuvants & Delivery

Systems

Leiden,

Netherlands 18-20 May

Hesham Al-Sallami Population Approach Group Europe Crete, Greece 1-5 June

Steve Duffull Population Approach Group Europe Crete, Greece 1-5 June

Shan Pan Population Approach Group Europe Crete, Greece 1-5 June

Dan Wright Population Approach Group Europe Crete, Greece 1-5 June

Pauline Norris Nordic Social Pharmacy and Health

Services Research conference Tartu, Estonia 3-5 June

June Tordoff Nordic Social Pharmacy and Health

Services Research conference Tartu, Estonia 3-5 June

Shakila Rizwan 9th annual Brain Health Research Centre

conference: Science for a Health Brain Dunedin, NZ 19 June

Natalie Medlicott

European Society for Developmental,

Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology

Congress

Belgrade,

Serbia 23-26 June

Emma Salis

European Society for Developmental,

Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology

Congress

Belgrade,

Serbia 23-26 June

Emma Salis

12th Congress of the European Association

for Clinical Pharmacology and

Therapeutics

Madrid, Spain 27-30 June

Shakila Rizwan 11th International Conference on Cerebral

Vascular Biology Paris, France 5-9 July

Hanisah Azhari 11th International Conference on Cerebral

Vascular Biology Paris, France 5-9 July

Andrew

McLaughlin

42nd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the

Controlled Release Society

Edinburgh,

Scotland 26-29 July

Greg Walker 42nd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the

Controlled Release Society

Edinburgh,

Scotland 26-29 July

Nagham Ailabouni New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’

conference Napier, NZ 28-30 August

Hesham Al-Sallami New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’


Rhiannon Braund New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’


Chloe Campbell New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’


James Green European Health Psychology Society

Conference

Limassol,

Cyprus

1-5

September

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Bhuvan KC 9th European Congress on Tropical

Medicine & International Health

Basel,

Switzerland

6-9

September

Sujita Narayan Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific

Voices XII Dunedin, NZ 24 September

Pauline Norris Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific


Vanda Symon Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific


Sarah Hook Drug Delivery Australia 2015 Conference Brisbane,

Australia

19-20

November

Arlene McDowell Drug Delivery Australia 2015 Conference Brisbane,

Australia

19-20

November

Ian Tucker Drug Delivery Australia 2015 Conference Brisbane,

Australia

19-20

November

Ayodiji Agbowuro D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery

conference 2015 Dunedin, NZ

25-26

November

Hanisah Azhari D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Olaf Bork D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Jasper Chiu D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Anna Cooper D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Shyamal Das D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Basanth Eedara D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Sarah Hook D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Katrin Kramer D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Arnold Lee D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Siddharth

Matikonda

D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Andrew

McLaughlin



25-26

November

Mohammad Momin D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Suchaya Sanhajariya D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Ian Tucker D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

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Andrea Vernall D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Hanh Vu D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Greg Walker D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Sasi Yarragudi D4 = Diagnostic Drug Device Discovery


25-26

November

Mohammad

Younus



25-26

November

Prasad Nishtala BITS 3rd Annual World Congress of

Geriatrics and Gerontology

Kaohsiung,

Taiwan

26-28

November

Mohammed

Salahudeen

BITS 3rd Annual World Congress of

Geriatrics and Gerontology

Kaohsiung,

Taiwan

26-28

November

Nagham Ailabouni

Joint Scientific Meeting of Australasian

Pharmaceutical Science Association

(APSA) & Australasian Society of Clinical

and Experimental Pharmacologists and

Toxicologists (Australia)(ASCEPT)

Hobart,

Australia

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November-2

December

Shyamal Das






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

James Green






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Sarah Hook






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Patti Napier






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Sujita Narayan






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Prasad Nishtala




Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

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Henry Ndukwe






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Mohammed

Salahudeen






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Dorothy Saville






Hobart,

Australia

29

November-2

December

Allan Gamble Pacifichem 2015 Hawaii, USA 15-20

December

Siddharth

Matikonda Pacifichem 2015 Hawaii, USA

15-20

December

Joel Tyndall Pacifichem 2015 Hawaii, USA 15-20

December

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Seminars In addition to Journal Clubs, the School has a weekly Seminar programme.

Date Speaker Title of presentation

9 February Dr Greg Walker

School of Pharmacy

Electrospun nanofibers for delivery of

protein bioactives

16 February

Jill Assawasuwannakit

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Final presentation: Understanding and

quantifying adherence and its link to

therapeutic success

2 March

Dr Sarah Baird

Dept. of Pharmacology &

Toxicology

University of Otago

Proteases as signalling molecules in cancer

development and metastasis

9 March Assoc. Prof. Jeff Smith &

Dr Michelle Coleman

Research & Development

Health Sciences

University of Otago

PBRF for academic staff

16 March Dr Ben Wheeler

Women’s and Children’s

Health

Dunedin School of Medicine

Insulin pump-associated adverse events in

adults and children with type 1 diabetes

mellitus

23 March Ms Patti Napier

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Changing roles in pharmacy

30 March Dr Pete Jones

Senior Lecturer

Dept. of Physiology

University of Otago

The cardiac ryanodine receptor: the cause

and cure of arrhythmias?

13 April Mr Hesham Al-Sallami

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Final presentation: The influence of fat-free

mass on the dose-response of heparin in

children

20 April Dr Prasad Nishtala

School of Pharmacy

Trends, propensity score matching and

comparative safety using real world data

18 May Dr Joanna Kirman

Dept. Microbiology &

Immunology

University of Otago

Deciphering the memory immune response

to tuberculosis

8 June Richard White

Copyright Specialist

Office of the Registrar

University of Otago

Copyright information seminar

15 June School of Pharmacy

3-minute thesis competition

Competitors:

Deji Agbowuro on ‘Design and synthesis of

chlamydia trachomatis protease inhibitors’

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Hanisah Azhari on "nanoparticles across

blood-brain barrier"

Anna Cooper on Fluorescent Ligands for

the Cannabinoid Receptors

Sumit Dadhwal on “Cancer targeted

polymersomes

Arnold Lee on “Explodasomes: Operation

Cancerbad”

Momin Mohammad on “Dry powder

inhalers for tuberculosis”

Vanda Symon on “Do you believe it?

Forensic science in crime fiction”

Anna Widayanti on "Health seeking

behaviour of people in Indonesian

communities

22 June Assoc. Prof. John Reynolds

Dept. of Anatomy

University of Otago

The importance of being timely: emulating

the effects of natural neurochemical release

29 June Dr Alexander Tups

Dept. of Physiology

University of Otago

Leptin resistance and hypothalamic

inflammation: key to pathogenesis of

obesity, diabetes, and Alzheimer

6 July Dr Stephen Robertson


Health


Rare syndromes, common biology – A new

signalling pathway regulating mammalian

neurogenesis

27 July Ms Jane Astley

School of Pharmacy

The role of an instructional designer

4 August Sharan Bobbala

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Final presentation: Novel injectable

thermoresponsive hydrogels for sustained

release vaccines

10 August Dr Allan Gamble

School of Pharmacy

Prodrug activation strategies for cancer

therapy

17 August Dr Roland Broadbent


Health


Aldosterone in the extremely premature

infant: does it do anything good? Does it do

anything bad?

24 August Prof. Ben Boyd

Monash Institute of

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Melbourne, Australia

Structuring of lipids during digestion –

implications for nutrition and drug delivery

14 September Prof. Pauline Norris

School of Pharmacy &

Chris Higgs

Dept. of Physiotherapy

Pacific matters: pharmacy and physiotherapy

perspectives

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21 September Assoc. Prof. Ralph Pinnock

& Tracy-Lee Fisher

Professional Practice Fellow

Paediatrics/ Women’s and

Children’s Health

University of Otago

Think aloud to teach and assess clinical

reasoning. An interactive module

5 October Prof. Sue Dovey

General Practice and Rural

Health


A story of the exploration of patient safety

in primary care

12 October Shan Pan

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Final presentation: Application of

pharmacometric methods to quantify the

effects of methotrexate in rheumatoid

arthritis

19 October Vittal Shivva

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

Final presentation: Pharmcometric methods

in clinical pharmacology: an application to

ketones

2 November Anna Cooper , and

Sumit Dadhwal

PhD Candidates

School of Pharmacy

18 month presentation:

AC – Development of fluorescent ligands

for the type 2 cannabinoid receptor

SD – Design and synthesis of block

copolymer for the development of tumour-

targeted polymersomes

9 November Dr Dorothy Saville

School of Pharmacy

Grapefruit-medicine interaction – the

continuing story

16 November Prof. Pauline Norris,

Mr James Windle, and

Margot Skinner

Interprofessional education: a case study in

Tairawhiti

23 November Momin Mohammad Motalib

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

18 month presentation: Spray-dried powder

particles for treating drug resistance

tuberculosis

30 November Hannah Vu

PhD Candidate

School of Pharmacy

18 month presentation: Preparation and

elevation of oral nanoformulations

containing the antioxidant rutin

7 December Dr Chris Thompson

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Science

School of Chemistry

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

A recipe for inquiry

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