Associate Director – Pharmacometrics

I'm a clinical pharmacist and pharmacometrician. My interests are in the PK/PD relationships of antimicrobials and I have over a decade of Clinical Trial experience. I'm a lifelong learner and I enjoy sharing my knowledge and skills to help better patient care. Analytical experience: Pharmacometrics, Ph.D. – University of Cape Town & University of Uppsala Next generation Scientist (Novartis modeling & simulation group) Applied PK/PD modeling & Monte Carlo simulation (NONMEM, R, PsN) - interest in antimicrobial PK/PD Clinical practice experience: Clinical Pharmacist at a private tertiary hospital Together with a cross-disciplinary team, established & chair the hospitals Antimicrobial Stewardship program Provide & support TDM services – strong emphasis on evidence-based practice (e.g. applied vancomycin AUC-based guidelines) Hospital & Pharmacy of the year award (Life Hospital 2022) Clinical research experience: Responsible Pharmacist & Operations Manager for Clinical Research Centre (Investigator & Industry-lead lead studies) Exceeds award – received from University’s Vice-Chancellor Good Clinical Practice (GCP) qualified instructor (ICH-GCP) & IATA qualified Experienced in early Phase I (1st in human) through to late Phase III studies (regulatory) Experienced in both Investigator-Initiated & Industry-lead studies Teaching/training experience: Clinical Pharmacokinetic teaching at post-graduate level – Forensic Biomedical Science MSc. Medical Research Statistics at post-graduate level – MMed medical students Train the trainer – GCP training provided to clinical trial investigators (Principal investigators) & associated support staff Antimicrobial Stewardship training provided to ICU & associated hospital staff