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# 1 IN AUSTRALIA FOR PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY # 2 IN THE WORLD FOR PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY We’re a thriving and ambitious research community on a mission to make healthcare better. If you have the passion to perfect new medicines or improve old ones, you’ll find all the support you’ll need to succeed. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020 Need more information? Get in touch. MS NORHAYATI ABDUL MALEK Assistant Manager (Research) School of Pharmacy E norhayati@monash.edu Research areas Research facilities Our researchers are making a difference in: • anticancer therapeutics • clinical pharmacy • complementary and alternative medicine • drug delivery • drug discovery and development • health economics • health policy • medicinal chemistry • microbiology • neuropharmacology and medical biochemistry • organic and biomolecular chemistry • pharmaceutical analysis/ pharmaceutical sciences • pharmacogenomics • pharmacoepidemiology and evidence synthesis • pharmacognosy • pharmacology • pharmacy management • pharmacy practice • phytochemistry. Our research programs are supported by a comprehensive range of modern facilities and equipment, facilitating studies in organic synthesis, formulation, tissue culture and molecular biology, and general analysis. The nuclear magnetic resonance platform is also hosted within the school. One size does not fit all when it comes to how people metabolise medicines. Professor Gan Siew Hua is revising medicine dosages to suit Asian body types. See page 41 for the Monash PhD in Pharmacy. monash.edu.my/pharmacy The pharmacist’s role is constantly evolving with advancements in medicine and technology. A Monash research degree will equip you with the necessary expertise and transferable skills so that you will always be prepared for change, and to make change.” DR THET THET HTAR Specialises in medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, natural products, and drug design in antiviral and anticancer agents. 34 POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2020