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Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety
ISSN: 1179-1365
Dr Rajender Aparasu
Dr Aparasu
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcome and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Dr. Aparasu is Professor and Chair at University Of Houston - College Of Pharmacy. He is a nationally renowned scholar and educational leader with over 20 years of experience in the areas of pharmaceutical outcomes research and policy. He started his academic career at South Dakota State University – College of Pharmacy in 1995 after obtaining his PhD from the University of Louisiana – Monroe. He joined the University of Houston - College of Pharmacy in 2006. He has trained over have 20 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The goal of his research team is to provide real word evidence for practice and policy using available data sources based on novel methodological and analytical approaches for causal inference in observational research. His research focused on quality of pharmacotherapy issues in the elderly. His current federally funded research is evaluating safety profiles of anticholinergic medications in the elderly nursing home residents.
Dr. Aparasu served on various national patient safety and medication therapy management task forces, and received numerous Federal and non-Federal grants to address geriatric quality of pharmaceutical care. He has edited two books, Research Methods for Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy and Principles of Research Design and Drug Literature Evaluation. He is a peer reviewer for numerous pharmacy and medical journals with over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He serves on numerous editorial boards of pharmacy and medical journals. He has been recognized as an Exceptional Peer Reviewer by prestigious journals. He also serves as a grant reviewer for the American Heart Association (AHA), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and National Institutes of Health (NIH). He was recognized by his peers with 2012 Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (FAPhA) for his exemplary professional achievements and outstanding service and contribution to the pharmacy profession.
Professor Siew Siang Chua
Professor Chua
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Siew Siang Chua is formerly a Professor and the Head of the School of Pharmacy in Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She has retired and appointed as an Adjunct Professor by Taylor’s University. Currently, she is a member of Taylor’s University Human Ethics Committee.
Prof. Chua obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy (First Class Hons) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She served as a hospital pharmacist in Malaysia for about 4 years but has to resign as she was awarded the Postgraduate Research Scholarship from the University of Queensland to pursue her PhD degree in Pharmacy Practice. After obtaining her PhD degree, Prof. Chua started her academic career in the pharmacy twinning programme between the Institute of Technology MARA (ITM) and the Northern Consortium of the United Kingdom (NCUK). In 1995, she was transferred to the University of Malaya, as one of the pioneer lecturers of the pharmacy programme in this university where she served for 22 years. In 2017, Prof. Chua retired from her government service and joined the School of Pharmacy in Taylor’s University, Malaysia.
Prof. Chua’s main research areas are related to community and hospital pharmacy practice which include medication safety and pharmaceutical care. She has published numerous research papers in refereed journals and presented in many national and international conferences as well as involved in organizing various conferences. She has also published a book on Community Pharmacy Practice in Malaysia and another book on Pharmaceutical Care in Practice: Simulated Clinical Cases for Pharmacy. She has served as a peer reviewer for various national and international journals for more than two decades.
In addition, Prof. Chua has been a very active member of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) and had served as a council member as well as involved in various activities initiated by the Society. She was also the Assistant Principal of the Malaysian Academy of Pharmacy until 2024. Prof Chua has also served in various committees under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. These included the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia and the Drug Control Authority. She was involved in the development and formulation of the Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guideline, Criteria for Continuous Professional Development and Guidelines on Approval and Recognition of a Pharmacy Programme in Malaysia. She has been appointed as one of the panel assessors for pharmacy programmes in Malaysia since 1998 and currently, she is still involved in the accreditation of pharmacy programmes in Malaysia.
Dr Hemalkumar B Mehta
Dr Mehta
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr. Mehta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Dr. Mehta received Master of Science in Pharmacy Administration (2010) and PhD in Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy (2014) from the University of Houston. He is clinically trained in Pharmacy from the North Maharashtra University (2006) in India. Dr. Mehta started his academic career at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2014 after completing his PhD.
Dr. Mehta's research interest includes pharmacoepidemiology, methodological research and surgical outcomes research. He has expertise in evaluating health, economic and patient reported outcome using large administrative claims, electronic medical records and survey data. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts and presented over 60 research abstracts at national and international conferences.
Dr. Mehta is a peer reviewer for several pharmacy and surgery journals. He has been recognized for his exceptionally fine quality of reviews by the Value in Health and the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Editorial Board
Dr Aagaard
Dr. Aagaard, Joint Secretariat, The Danish Council on Ethics, National Committee on Health Research Ethics, and Medical Research Ethics Committee, Denmark.
Dr Ahmed
Syed Imran Ahmed, BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD, FHEA, FRSPH, RPh, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Science, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom.
Professor Ahn
Chul Ahn, Professor of Biostatistics, O'Donnell School of Public Health, Director of Biostatistics, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Dr Babu
Dr. Bontha V. Babu, Head Scientist, Division of Socio-Behavioural & Health Systems Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Professor Bennett
Charles L Bennett, Frank P and Josie M Fletcher Chair and Smart State Center Director, South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the Hollings Cancer Center, University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Dr Bergeron
Harrison C. Bergeron, PhD, Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Georgia, USA.
Dr Jacobs
Robin J. Jacobs, PhD, MSW, MS, MPH, Director of Graduate Medical Education, Statistical Consultant, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, United States.
Dr Klein
Gerald L. Klein, MD, Principal MedSurgPI, Clinical Research, Medsurgpi LLC, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Brody School of Medicine at East, Carolina University, United States
Dr Koulen
Peter Koulen, PhD, FARVO, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, United States.
Professor Martin
Peter R. Martin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Dr Sellappans
Renukha Sellappans, PhD, Head of School, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
Professor Serra
Raffaele Serra, MD, PhD, Director of CIFL - "Interuniversity Center of Phlebolymphology -International Research and Educational Program in Clinical and Experimental Biotechnology”. Headquarters at University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy.
Dr Tran
Prof. Bach Tran is Vice Head of Department of Health Economics, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam.
Prof. Dr. Trkulja
Dr Vladimir Trkulja, Department of Pharmacology, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia.
Professor Verbano
Chiara Verbano, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Engineering Economics and Innovation and Project Management at the Department of Management Engineering of the University of Padova, Italy.
Professor Wagner
Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Professor Zaia
John A. Zaia, M.D., Director, Center for Gene Therapy, Aaron D. and Edith Miller Chair for Gene Therapy; Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute Department of Hematology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA