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Head of School
Report
Pharmacy News 1
Awards 2
Scholarships & Grants 5
Events 6
Research 8
Alumni news 9
Obituaries 11
Publications 12
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School of Pharmacy Newsletter, The University of Queensland September 2007
In this issue of our newsletter we celebrate the achievements of
past and present staff and students and also recognise and
mourn the passing of two staff members who played very
significant roles in the life of the School.
We mark the success of students, past and present through our
PSA Awards evening and also at the recent Pharmacy Australia
Conference. Staff and students members of the School were
also honoured at the Trailblazer Awards, where the School was
extremely pleased to have all three entries by the School
recognised as either winners (Dr Lisa Nissen and Dr Harry
Parekh) or as highly commended (Ms Susan Hua).
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Celebrations are also due to Nadia Barozzi and Katie Otto for
their travel.The final item I would like to mention is that of the fantastic success of
QRxPharma – a company formed about 5 years ago and based on a portfolio of drug candidates arising from the
work of Prof Maree Smith from the School of Pharmacy together with others from UQ and QIMR
Professor Ted Triggs and Dr Bill Griffin were both great members of the School; Ted for 22 years and Bill for over
30 years. In this issue of the Newsletter, we mourn their passing but we should also note and celebrate the major
contributions that both made to the School, the University and the education of pharmacists in Queensland.
In a recent newsletter I mentioned the quinquennial accreditation visit on behalf of the Council of Pharmacy
Registering Authorities and the New Zealand and Australian Pharmacy Schools Accreditation Committee. The
School was pleased, recently, to receive a copy of the report of this visit and to note that the School has full
accreditation for a further five years. Well done to all staff and students!
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Above: Prof. Maree Smith
UQ‘s Pharmaceutical start-up company, QRxPharma Limited (QRX), has listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange, making history as Australia‘s biggest biotechnology float.
The company, which had an initial market capitalization of $150 million, issued 25 million shares to
new investors to raise $50 million.
QRX was formed 5 years ago by UniQuest Pty Ltd, UQ‘s main commercialization company, to
develop innovative research in the areas of pain therapy, neurodegenerative disease and
venomics.
The company‘s patented portfolio of drug candidates were developed from research lead by Professor Maree
Smith from the UQ school of Pharmacy; Professor Martin Lavin from the Queensland Medical Research Institute;
Dr Paul Masci from the School of Medicine; and Professor John de Jersey from the Faculty of Biological and
Chemical Sciences.Funds from the QRX float will be used to finance the phase III clinical trials of the company‘s
most advanced drug candidate - the ―dual opioid‖ painkiller, Q8003IR, which was developed by Professor Maree
Smith.
With it‘s unique combination of Morphine and Oxycodone, QRX hopes that the drug will be more effective with
fewer side effects than competing drugs. In addition, a sustained-release version of this product is ready to enter
Phase I clinical trials.If the phase III trials proceed well, QRX had the potential to hit the market with the drug in 18
- 30 months, according to the UniQuest Managing Director David Henderson.
Congratulations go to Professor Smith for her fantastic success!
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Professor Nick Shaw
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Aaron D’Souza - Australian Young Pharmacist of the Year, 2007
Congratulations go to UQ graduate Aaron
D‘Souza, who was named Australian Young
Pharmacist of the Year for 2007, at the
August 24 Australian Pharmaceutical
Society‘s (PSA) Excellence Awards in
Melbourne.
This year Mr. D‘Souza became a Special
Projects Pharmacist for Terry White
Management, and continues to work as
Pharmacist Up-Front at Terry White
Chemists Myer Centre, where he first started
in 2005.
Above: Left to Right - Professor Lloyd Sansom, Professor
Gregory Peterson; Mr Aaron D’Souza
Above: Mr. D’Souza after receiving his award
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In 2006 Mr. D‘Sousa received an International
Pharmacy Federation (Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum)
Travel Scholarship, allowing him to attend the 2006
FIP Conference in Brazil, and a self-directed study tour of
pharmacy practices worldwide.
He has been Chairman of the Young Pharmacists Group
(YPG) since last year, and has made representations on
behalf of young pharmacists and the profession to political
leaders including Prime Minister John Howard and Federal
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd.
The PSA says: ―While he is only in the early years of his career, Mr D‘Souza is already contributing to driving
change in the profession to ensure pharmacy, as a community and health care service, continues to meet the
varying needs of Australians‖.
Mr. D‘Souza himself had this to say after being receiving the accolade: ―I am very humbled in receiving such a
prestigious award and will strive to live up to the expectations which come with it. I view the award as not purely a
personal achievement, but rather an accomplishment due to a range of influences‖.
He goes on to discuss the importance of his solid knowledge base, and the role that the School and it‘s staff have
played in his career: ―Special mentions must be made to Nick Shaw and his predecessor Sue Tett, Neil Cotterell,
Leigh McKaugh, Sarah Roberts-Thomson, Bruce Charles, Steve Duffull, Marg Robinson, Peter Cabot, Lynne Emmerton,
Bruce Green, Istvan Toth, Adam LaCaze, Maree Smith, Greg Monteith and Lisa Nissen, a former winner
of the award herself‖
Professor Gregory Peterson was named Pharmacist of the year, while a Lifetime Achievement Award went to
Emeritus Professor Lloyd Sansom.

Pharmacy takes out a Trailblazer Trifecta for 2007
Congratulations go to Dr. Lisa Nissen, Dr. Harendra Parekh and Ms.
Susan Hua for their success in this years UniQuest Trailblazer
competition.
UniQuest‘s annual Trailblazer innovation competition was developed to
reward innovative ideas and early-stage research, which have the
potential to benefit the community, industry or business as well as
generate a financial return. With $40,000 in prize money, the
competition also rewards and stimulates innovative thinking.
The competition, held in June this year, saw Dr. Nissen and Dr. Parekh
named as winners in the Open category, while Ms. Hua received a
Highly Commended in the Student category.
Dr. Lisa Nissen
~ Pharma-GEL: A product to help address medication swallowing difficulties in the Community ~
― Difficulty swallowing affects up to 44% of people over 50yrs, 15-30% of hospital patients and 30-60% of nursing
home residents. Foods and fluids are commonly modified to make them easier and safer to swallow, yet little or
no thought has been given to the difficulty in oral administration of medications for these populations.
Simply ‗crushing‘ a medication to aid swallowing may in fact seriously affect the safety and efficacy of the
medication - thus potentially harming the patient and the outcomes of treatment. There are also the physical risks
of aspiration injury with crushed medications. ―Pharma-GEL‖ is designed to be off-the-shelf benign gel based
product that can be added to whole tablets or crushed medications to assist with patient swallowing, without
interfering with any of the physical or chemical properties of the medication.‖
Dr. Harry Parekh
~ A Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes ~
―Dr Parekh was awarded the Trailblazer prize for his early stage research aimed at developing a novel approach
for the delivery of therapeutic genes.
The non-viral platform technology currently in the ‗proof-of-concept‘ stages will be trialled as a potential treatment
for type I diabetes, a project in collaboration with the Diamantina Institutes‘ Dr Raymond Steptoe. It is envisaged
the vector will facilitate targeted gene delivery and if successful could ameliorate the need for
insulin replacement.
The long term goal is to expand the technology to the targeted delivery of genes in a host of diseases, most
notably cancer. Furthermore modification of the platform to enable delivery of conventional drugs will also be
explored, the ultimate aim being to overcome the high incidence of side-effects experienced due to the
non-selective action of chemotherapeutic drugs in vivo.‖ - Australian Journal of Pharmacy
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Ms. Susan Hua - BPharm (Hons) PhD Candidate
~ Targeted Drug Deliver ~
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Above: Left to Right - Nick Shaw; Susan Hua; Lisa Nissen
and Harry Parekh
―Nanotechnology is a major component in the medical, pharmaceutical and science industry. The therapeutic
potential of many drug molecules is severely compromised by significant obstacles to delivery of these drugs in
vivo, in particular to cancer metastases and sites of inflammation.
My innovative research involves the design of a novel drug delivery system that will ultimately act as a ―magic
bullet‖ to target specifically pathological sites of inflammation (e.g. Musculoskeletal conditions, infections, burns,
tumours), thereby improving the therapeutic index and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs and molecules.
Through this research and with my research background in pain and inflammation, I have developed the first
peripheral analgesic system to target a novel therapeutic analgesic pathway, which may provide a much sought
after alternative for the management of chronic arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.‖

Travel Awards
Nadia Barozzi
Congratulations to Nadia Barozzi who has been awarded a
Graduate School Research Travel Grant (GSRTG) for $5000
which has taken Nadia to Nova Scotia.
Nadia‘s PhD project is aimed at investigating the rational use
of selected classes of drugs in different countries.
International collaborations have been set between
Queensland, Nova Scotia (Canada), and Italy. Professor
Sue Tett is Nadia‘s principal supervisor and one of the areas
of Professor Tett‘s research focus is directed towards
optimising the clinical use of medications through international
comparisons.
Professor Tett spent two sabbatical periods in Canada collaborating with Professor Ingrid Sketris‘ research group
at the College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University in Halifax (Nova Scotia). Dr. Sketris is a Professor of the
College of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Health Services Administration, and Computer Science, and
the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University.
Her research interests include examining the impact of changes in pharmacare policy and the use of drugs and
health services, particularly related to the population of Nova Scotia. Nadia was given the opportunity to travel to
Canada to collect and analyse the Nova Scotian data, spending time with researchers and decision makers in that
jurisdiction to evaluate the data and to determine how best to compare and contrast the data, to arrive at
interventions designed to improve the prescription and use of these medications.
Katie Otto
Katie said ―I am sincerely grateful to both
pharmacy and NeuPSIG for their generous
assistance allowing me to attend the
international conference.‖
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Congratulations also go to Katie Otto who was awarded a
travel grant from the NeuPSIG Committee, the Special Interest
Group on Neuropathic Pain of the International Association for
the Study of Pain (IASP) in Berlin. The grant was supplemented
by funds received by Katie from the
Pharmacy School.
The assistance she received allowed her to travel to
the Second International Congress on
Neuropathic Pain, which was held from June 7 – 10
this year, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin.
The conference also afforded Katie her first taste of international travel, and she says that she ―gained more from
the trip than simply attending the scientific conference, although of course it was great to see both clinical and
basic scientific research from labs around the world‖.
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Above: Left to Right - Professor Sue tett; Nadia Barozzi and Professor
Ingrid Sketris

Big success at PSA student awards 2007
The PSA Graduate/Student awards for Queensland were held at
the PA Hospital on Wednesday 9th May 2007, recognising
students from the previous year. This event is held for all Schools
of Pharmacy in Queensland and awards were given to students at
QUT, Griffith and UQ. JCU will receive their awards later in the
year.
Congratulations to all the awardees on the night. A number of
awards were presented to our students. They were as follows:
The Agilent Technologies Prize Daniel Del Dot
Alphapharm P/L prize in Pharmacy (1st Year) Jason Thomas
Alphapharm P/L prize in Pharmacy (2nd Year) Aimee Sullivan
Alphapharm P/L prize in Pharmacy (3rd Year) Teneale Stewart
Alphapharm P/L prize in Pharmacy (Honours) Felicity Davis
Amgen Prize in Molecular & Cellular Biology Felicity Davis
Eleanor Chalmers Prize Jaclyn Costello
Cowley Memorial Prize Rakin Chowdhury; Jason Thomas
Guild Insurance Prize Hannah Rayner; Helen Smith
PDL Prize (1) Felicity Davis
PDL Prize (2) Samuel Chan
PSA Prize (1) Gregory Spann
PSA Prize (2) Panayiota Tanos
PSA Prize (3) Genevieve Butnoris
PSA Prize (4) Kobi Haworth
PSA Prize (5) Michael Williams
Pharmacy Interests Women‘s Group Prize Chelsea Aitchison
Hildegard Reuther Memorial Prize Emily Ferrier
PACE Prize (1) Alice Hawes
PACE Prize (2) Kobi Haworth
SHPA Prize (1) Kobi Haworth
SHPA Prize (2) Alexander Bilinski
C.H.Williams Prize June Chan
Hard Work Pays Off For Susan Hua
Susan Hua who has been awarded a prestigious NHMRC Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship to
complete her PhD studies with Dr. Peter Cabot.
Susan already has an APA Scholarship and has completed
almost one year of her studies with Dr. Cabot.
Congratulations Susan!
APA Scholarship Success for Pharmacy
3 Pharmacy students have been awarded APA Scholarships for their Postgraduate studies. This has been a
fantastic result, congratulations go to:
Alesha Smith With Professor Sue Tett
Mei-Yan Yau With Dr. Harry Parekh
Tina Wu With Associate Professor Greg Monteith & Dr. Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Desma Grice Awarded Joint Scholarship
Desma Grice who was awarded a UQ Joint Research
Scholarship to complete her PhD with Dr. Sarah
Roberts-Thomson and Associate Professor Greg Monteith.
Great work Desma!
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Above: L-R Nick Shaw (UQ); Alison Haywood (Griffith); Warren Blee
(PSA); Beverley Glass (JCU) and Fraser Ross (QUT)

Quality Use of Medicine Presentation Night
The School of Pharmacy has, as part of the 4th year curriculum,
developed experiential placements at which the students
complete a Quality Use of Medicines project in conjunction with
an on-site placement preceptor.
These placements span a variety of settings, including rural,
hospital and community pharmacies.
On completion of the QUM Placement, the students return to the
University campus and submit a write-up of their project as well
as present an oral report. These oral reports are delivered to the
fourth year class and the students and staff are asked to
nominate the oral presentations which they feel best illustrate the goals of these projects.
At the end of each semester, six presentations are chosen to be delivered to a wider audience of invited guests
representing the many branches of pharmacy and the health professions. Both PSA and SHPA have offered
prizes to those presentations judged to be the best at these evenings.
The 1st QUM presentation night for 2007 was held on May 30. Congratulations to the following 6 students who
were voted by their peers to give a presentation on the night:
Joanie Chia Community Pharmacy (Middle Park)
Matthew Mickenbecker Hospital Pharmacy (Wesley)
Kate Maher Rural Hospital (Weipa — multi-professional)
Sarah Jaworski MICRRH
Dea Pitasari Community Pharmacy (Brisbane city)
Nicole Greenrass Hospital Pharmacy (The Park)
Congratulations to all the presenters for a job well done!
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This year's Postgraduate Research Day was held on Tuesday February 20.The day was well received by our
students and included presentations by current research and higher degree (RHD) students on their attendances
at various international conferences related to their stream of studies.
It was also an opportunity for postgraduate students to be advised on the processes involved with postdoctoral
research, including advice on funding, and ascertaining what sort of learning support is available for RHD students
at UQ.
Dr Lisa McIntyre, Partner with L.E.K. Consulting presented on "An alternative career with a PhD — Opportunities
and beyond". The School invited comments from the RHD students on how we (the School) could improve their
study experiences.
The morning's presentations concluded with the presentation of the School of Pharmacy Research Quality Awards
— recognizing quality achievements by the School's RHD students in 2006 publications in the areas of therapeutic
targeting, modeling and simulation, and quality use of medicines.
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Postgraduate Research Day
Great Court Race Right: Daina Surka and Mitchell
A great effort from UQ Pharmacy Student Daina Surka who
narrowly missed out on breaking a record that has stood for 14
Kealey (Open Mens winner) after
their race to glory
years at the historic 23rd Maunsell Aecom Great Court Race, which was held on May 30th.
Ms Surka, who took up honors in the women‘s event for the fifth successive year posted a
time of 1:41:91, only a third of a second behind the elusive record set in 1993 by Sandra
Dawson (1:41:68).
The 636 meter one lap dash around UQ`s Great Court is based on the Cambridge University
Race, as featured in the film Chariots of Fire.

If you have ever thought about continuing your education and
completing a PhD, then you have probably wondered in what
directions this could take your career.
The Pharmacy School is holding a PhD careers information
seminar that will help you further understand exactly where a
PhD can take you - and your career!
“Careers with a PhD”
Location: Building 7 - Room 222, St. Lucia
Date: Thursday September 20th
Time: 2 – 4pm
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Please contact Ms. Felicity Lindberg via email on research@pharmacy.uq.edu.au if you are interested in attending
this highly informative seminar. We hope to see you there!
The School of Pharmacy is holding a Postgraduate Day this month. The seminar will showcase the research of
2nd year PhD students, who will make a presentation to the attendees.
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Considering On-Course Honours?
The School of Pharmacy is holding a presentation afternoon for students in 2nd year who are interested in doing
undergraduate honors.
“Consider On-Course Honours”
Location: The Playhouse - Women's College, St. Lucia.
Date: Friday October 5th
Time: 1 – 4pm
If you are interested in finding out more about Undergraduate honours, this is a great opportunity to steer you in
the right direction.
For more information, or to reserve your place at the seminar, please contact Ms. Felicity Lindberg or
Dr. Carl Kirkpatrick via email: research@pharmacy.uq.edu.au
Thinking about a PhD?
Postgraduate Day 2007
Professor Christa Critchley from the UQ Grad school will also be speaking on thesis presentation.
This event is mandatory for all Pharmacy RHD students, and lunch will be provided after the presentation.
Postgraduate Day
Location: Steele Building (#3) - Room 329, St. Lucia
Date: Friday September 28th
Time: 11am – 2pm
For more information or to confirm your attendance, please contact Ms. Alesha Smith via email on
asmith@pharmacy.uq.edu.au

PhD Commencements
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We would like to welcome the following students, who have begun their PhD this year at the School of Pharmacy:
Defang Ouyang Principal Supervisor: Dr. Harry Parekh
Desma Grice Joint Principal Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Roberts-Thomson &
Associate Professor Greg Monteith
Mei-Yan Yau Principal Supervisor: Dr. Harry Parekh
Neha Shah Principal Supervisor: Dr. Harry Parekh
Peter Coxeter Principal Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Emmerton
Sarah McLeay Joint Principal Supervisors: Dr. Carl Kirkpatrick &
Dr. Bruce Green
Tina Wu Joint Principal Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Roberts-Thomson &
Associate Professor Greg Monteith
Postgraduate Honours Commencements
In 2007 we have two Postgraduate Honours
commencements. Welcome to:
Maria Donohue Supervisor: Dr. Harry Parekh &
Dr. Sally Firth
Adam Guilfoyle Supervisor: Dr. Lynne Emmerton
PDL Prizes - 2007
Congratulations to this years recipients of the Pharmacy
Defense Limited (PDL) prizes for Undergraduate
Honours students. They were:
Gina Gujral Supervisor: Mr. Neil Cottrell
Alice Hawes Supervisor: Professor Maree Smith & Dr. Samantha South
Rachel Hetherington Supervisor: Dr. Carl Kirkpatrick, Dr Bruce Green and Dr Stephen Duffull
Teneale Stewart Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Panayiota Tanos Supervisor: Dr. Carl Kirkpatrick & Dr. Steve Duffull
The PDL awards are given to those students who, while undertaking their research training have also maintained
an extremely high standard in their undergraduate courses with regard to GPAs.
2007 RHD Recipients
We would like to congratulate the following students, who have been awarded their PhD this year:
02/01/07 - PhD: Mohammed Al Za'abi — Project Title: ‗Population pharmacokinetics and enternal bioavailability
of : Indomethacin in premature neonates with PDA and Phenytoin in neonates and infants with seizures’
Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Bruce Charles
13/02/07 - PhD: Yasuko Koda — Project Title: ‗A novel liposaccharide system for the delivery of endomorphin 1
across the blood-brain barrier’
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Blanchfield
17/04/07 - PhD: Montree Jaturanplnyo — Project Title: ‗Liposomes for co-delivery of selected NF-kB inhibitor
and
antigen for treatment of autoimmune disease’
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Nigel Davies
22/06/07 - PhD: Jasmina Fejzic — Project Title: ‗Conventional medicine and complimentary and alternative
medicine (CAM) - Concordance and perspectives of consumers, health professional and CAM practitioners’
Principal Supervisor: Professor Sue Tett
05/07/07 - Mphil: Mohammad Rahman — Project Title: ‘Application of laminar jet break-up to the preparation of
monodisperse poly(ester) microparticles’
Principal Supervisor: Dr Nigel Meredith Davies
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About the Alumni Network
The Pharmacy Alumni network endeavors to strengthen ties between our School and its graduates. We aim to
have an active Alumni that generates mutual support for graduates and the School to remain at the forefront of
professional practice.
The Alumni Network will hold events throughout each year, such as Continuing Education and Reunions, as well
as inviting its members to a breakfast to congratulate graduates of the Pharmacy School.
We endeavor to hold reunions for 10, 20 and 30 year anniversaries of Graduation, and also welcome ideas from
our members on other events that may be of interest.
How do I become an Alumni?
The Alumni Association is open for membership to all UQ School of Pharmacy Graduates, as well as current
students. There is no cost to become an Alumni, and you may choose to leave the association and be removed
from our database at any time.
If you are interested, please complete the online alumni registration form.
Keep us updated
There are many graduates with whom we have lost contact. If you are in touch with other UQ Pharmacy
graduates, could you please alert them to this site and the registration facility.
We would also like to ask that current Alumni keep us informed of their contact details, so that we can let you
know about upcoming events and Alumni news. Please contact the Alumni coordinator, Stephanie Dunn, via email
on sdunn@pharmacy.uq.edu.au or phone 07 3365 2344.
~ Newly Appointed Alumni Coordinator for the School of Pharmacy ~
Ms Stephanie Dunn has joined the School in August, as the new Alumni Coordinator. She will be taking over the
role from Mrs Kim Abbey.
~ 40 Year Reunion for Class of 1967 ~
The School of Pharmacy Alumni Network is hosting a celebration dinner for graduates of the Class of 1967 and
their guests on Saturday, 13 October in Brisbane.
For more information or to register your interest, please contact the reunion organizer, Mrs. Annette Whitemee
(nee Beesley) at: awhitmee@bigpond.com or phone Ms Stephanie Dunn in the School of Pharmacy on
(07) 3365 2344, or email sdunn@pharmacy.uq.edu.au.
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Edward John (Ted) TRIGGS
Emeritus Professor Ted Triggs was born in wartime England in Harrow on the 11 th
December 1942 and died in Brisbane, Australia on the 16 th March 2007. These
stark facts clearly do not tell the whole story of Ted Triggs‘ remarkable life and
career.
Ted gained his BPharm (Hons) degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Chelsea
College in 1964 and his PhD (under the supervision of Professor Arnold
Beckett) in 1967 from the same institution; he shares this pedigree with some very
well known academic and industrial scientists who also studied at that time. Ted‘s
first three full papers were published in the leading scientific journal, Nature, illustrating
clearly what a significant future contribution he was to make. These three
papers were followed by more than 120 others, providing a seminal and invaluable
contribution to the fields of clinical drug utilisation and pharmacokinetics.
Following his education at Chelsea, Ted moved to Canada (University of Alberta)
for a period of three years and then onto the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill for two years. Ted was appointed to a Lectureship at the University of
Sydney in 1972 and then a Senior Lectureship; he stayed there for eight years before moving to be Professor of
Pharmacy at The University of Queensland (UQ) in 1980. Ted spent 22 years at UQ, retiring at the end of 2002.
He was appointed Emeritus Professor in 2002.
Ted was often a very quiet, private, softly spoken and unassuming person and he had a deep love for the
profession of pharmacy. Ted‘s energy and commitment to Pharmacy and to UQ were recognised by all who knew
him. Ted was an inspiring and dedicated teacher and mentor and comments from students included the following:
―I wish he was my dad!‖; ―..the greatest.....outstanding‖; ―..the best....a true legend of lecturers‖.
Other comments have accompanied Ted‘s career, from those who worked both for and with him: ―supportive‖,
generous and kind hearted‖ and ―great bloke‖. Ted loved life in all its many forms; books, wine, cigars, computer
games, bridge and his warm and devoted family. His passing will sadden many but memories of his life will gladden
their thoughts.
Our thoughts and sympathy go to his wife Ruth and family
Professor Nick Shaw MRPharmS Professor Kenn Raymond MRPharmS
Head, School of Pharmacy Head, School of Pharmacy and Applied Science
The University of Queensland La Trobe University
22 nd March 2007
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William James Griffin
William James (Bill) Griffin was a member of the Department (later School) of
Pharmacy at The University of Queensland for his entire academic career. He
arrived in Brisbane in late 1963 and retired (early on the grounds of ill-health) in
1994. Bill was Reader in Pharmacy and, for a period, was also Head of
Department following the retirement of Professor Jim Dare.
Bill Griffin received his tertiary education at the University of Nottingham and his
PhD, in the area of pharmacognosy was supervised by Bill Evans. Bill‘s research
interests in pharmacognosy continued throughout his career at UQ with his later
publications concerning the alkaloids of Duboisia spp. Bill also published a
well-cited review in Phytochemistry in March 2000, indicating that his interests and commitment continued beyond
his retirement. In the Department, Bill ran the Pharmacognosy (later to become the Phytochemistry classes)
laboratory practical classes. Students, who graduated during the 1972 to 1994 St. Lucia era, may fondly
remember those practical sessions at the small green laboratory benches cluttered with microscopes.
Bill Griffin was a stalwart of the Department during the period when the University introduced the Pharmacy
degree but the Department remained in the City at George Street, to move some ten years later to St Lucia. The
early years of Bill‘s career were clearly important to him and he wrote a book entitled ―The George Street Years‖ in
1997 in which he and his colleagues shared experiences during a ten year period were documented. The mood
of vitality, enjoyment, trust and loyalty is clearly communicated.
Bill was instrumental in highlighting the sometimes dangerous alkaloid concentrations in many Australian fruits,
berries, and nuts; these changing according to the season. Many staff and students also attended Bill‘s
entertaining and informative lunch time lectures on Aboriginal Medicines. One of Bill‘s lifetime passions was his
MG roadster which he re-conditioned and had painted sky-blue. He became an expert on brakes, carburettors,
and gear boxes in the rebuilding process. Bill could often be seen driving around campus wearing a tartan driving
cap. Bill‘s community commitment was evident when a local Scout group was short of a leader; Bill stepped
forward and became a qualified Scout Leader, much to the enjoyment of his two sons, Andrew and Mark.
At Bill‘s farewell, his wife Elizabeth, sons Andrew and Mark, daughter Jane, and grandchildren were supported by
some old golfing friends (golf was Bill‘s other lifetime passion), and current members of the School of Pharmacy
who had worked with Bill, or had been previously taught by him. Many share memories of Bill as a great friend
and colleague; he was always sociable and cheerful and his passing will be marked with sorrow by his family and
many friends.
Nick Shaw, Ron West, Stacey Collie June 2007
Devlin Kayde Russell
Devlin Russell was the elder son (8 years old) of Paul and Katrina Russell.
Paul will be known to many of you as the Faculty of Health Science‘s Finance
Officer.
Devlin passed away recently, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour some
time previously. Many staff from the Faculty attended Devlin‘s funeral which was
on the 31 st August 2007.
We should celebrate Devlin‘s life, his cheerfulness and his determination to fight
his illness and try to live a normal life.
Devlin‘s funeral concluded with the following Words of Farwell; ―Devlin you are
such a special person, greatly loved – we will always miss you and treasure our
memories of you‖.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Devlin‘s family and friends at this time.
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Journal Articles
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Badiee, A., Davies, N., Mcdonald, K., Radford, K. Michiue, H., Hart, D., & Kato, M. 2007, ‗Enhanced delivery of immunoliposomes to
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Bosnic-Anticevich,S., Brillant, M., Burton, D., Emmerton, L., Krass, I., Saini, B., Smith, L. & Stewart, K. 2007, ‗Pharmacy Asthma Care
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Chen, L.H. & Emmerton, L. 2007, ‗Pharmacists‘ experiences in the provision of screening and monitoring services‘, Australian
Pharmacist, 26(3), pp. 250 – 256.
Cheung, C.W., Taylor, P.J., Kirkpatrick, C.M.J., Vesey, D.A., Gobe, G.C., Winterford, C., Nicol, D.L. & Johnson, D.W. 2007,
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Cottrell,N., Emmerton, L. & Denaro, C. 2007, ‗Heart failure patients awareness and perceptions of the risk of using NSAIDs: A pilot
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Crawford, A.D., Steadman, K.J., Plummer, J.A., Cochrane, A. & Propert, R.J. 2007, ‗Analysis of seed-bank data confirms suitability of
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De Brouwer, A.P.M., Williams, K.L., Duley, J.A., Van Kuilenburg, A.B.P., Van Bokhoven, H., Nabuurs, S.B., et al. 2007, ‗Arts
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Demana, P.H., Davies, N.M., Hook, S. & Rades, T. 2007, ‗Analysis of Quil A - phospholipid mixtures using drift spectroscopy‘,
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Edwards, S.R., Mather, L. & Smith, M.T. 2007, ‗Studies with Ketamine and Alfentanil following Freund‘s complete adjuvant-induced
inflammation in rats‘, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 34(5-6), pp. 414 – 420. [http://www.blackwellsynergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04581.x]
Edwards, S.R. & Smith, M.T. 2007, ‗Low-level quantitation of oxycodone and its oxidative metabolites, noroxycodone, and
oxymorphone, in rat plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry‘, Journal
of Chromatography B, 848(2), pp. 264 – 270. [ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6X0P-4MBCBKY-4-
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Hewavitharana, A.K. 2007, ‗Importance of solvent composition of the sample in LC-MS‘, The Peak, June 2007, pp. 20 – 21. [http://
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Hewavitharana, A.K., Shaw, P.N., Kim, T.K. & Fuerst, J.A. 2007, ‗Screening of rifamycin producing marine sponge bacteria by LC-MS-
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Landersdorfer, C.B., Kirkpatrick, C.M.J., Kinzig-Schippers, M., Bulitta, J.B., Holzgrabe, U., Drusano, G.L., Sorgel, F. 2007, ‗Population
pharmacokinetics at two dose levels and pharmacodynamic profiling of Flucloxacillin‘, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 51(9),
pp. 3290 - 3297. [http://aac.asm.org/cgi/reprint/51/9/3290]
Malaekeh-Nikouei, B., Nassirli, H. & Davies, N.M. (In Press), ‗Enhancement of cyclosporine aqueous solubility using
α- and hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin mixtures‘, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. [ http://
springerlink.metapress.com/content/g1756n8gm2x63n1g/fulltext.pdf ]
Mills, S.L., Xia, X., Hoshi, H., Firth, S.I., Rice, M.E., Frishman, L.J. & Marshak, D.W. 2007, ‗Dopaminergic modulation of tr acer coupling
in a ganglion-amacrine cell network‘, Visual Neuroscience, 24. [ http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FVNS%
2FS0952523807070575a.pdf&code=f2938ad86e8e08e2a22b52fd9ff5084a ]
Monteith, G.R., McAndrew, D., Faddy, H.M., Roberts-Thomson, S.J. 2007, ‗Calcium and cancer: Targeting Ca 2+ transport‘, Nature
Reviews: Cancer, 7(7), pp. 519 - 530. [http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v7/n7/pdf/nrc2171.pdf]
Needham, M., Duley, J., Hammond, S., Herkes, G.K., Hirano, M. & Sue, C.M. 2007, ‗Mitochondrial disease mimicking Charcot-Marie
Tooth disease ‗, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 78(1), pp. 99 – 100. [http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/
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Parekh, H.S. 2007, ‗The advance of Dendrimers - A versatile targeting platform for gene/drug delivery‘, Current Pharmaceutical
Design, 13(27), pp. 2837 – 2850.
Peiris, M., Monteith, G.R., Roberts-Thomson, S.J. & Cabot, P.J. 2007, ‗A model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
in C57BL/6 mice for the characterisation of intervention therapies‘, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 163(2), pp. 245 – 254. [http://
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Roos, J.F., Doust, J., Tett, S.E. & Kirkpatrick, C.M.J. 2007, ‗Diagnostic accuracy of cystatin C compared to serum creatinine for the
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Vella-Brincat, J.W.A., Begg, E.J., Kirkpatrick, C.M.J., Zhang, M., Chambers, S.T. & Gallagher, K. 2007, ‗Protein binding of cefazolin is
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Wen J.Y., McLeod, B.J., Tucker, I.G., Davies, N.M., Ledger, R. & Butt, A.G. 2007, ‗Enhancing absorbtion of Fluoroscein and LHRH
across Hindgut Epithelia in a marsupial, the common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus Vulpecula’, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
96(9), pp. 2262 – 2273. [ http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jps.20882 ]
Wessling, S.T., Ross, B.P., Koda, Y., Blanchfield, J.T. & Toth, I. 2007 ‗Caco-2 cell permeability and stability of two Fglucopyranuronamide
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Zin, C.S., Nissen, L.M., Smith M.T., O‘Callaghan J.P. & Moore B.J. (Accepted for publication), ‗An update on the Pharmacological
Management of Post Herpetic Neuralgia and Painful Diabetic Neuropathy‘, CNS Drugs.
Book Chapters
Cabot, P.J., 2007, ‗Stress, Cytokines, and Peripheral Analgesia‘, in Cytokines: Stress and Immunity, eds N.P. Plotnikoff, R.E. Faith,
A.J. Murgo & R.A. Good, CRC Press, USA, pp. 87 - 100.

With our very best wishes we say
farewell and thanks to the following
staff:
Dr Lisa Pulver — (joint) Postgrad
program coordinator. [Lisa still remains
a senior research officer,
working with Prof Sue Tett on NPS]
Josephine Martelli — Conjoint
lecturer from the Mater hospital,
South Brisbane
Lisa Trembath — Scientific staff
Pene James has resigned from her
position of Associate Lecturer
Suzanne Fitzgerald will be leaving
the school on September 21st to join
ICTE
Au revoir to Dr Davies who is on
secondment at the Department of
Chemical And Biological
Engineering, Chalmers University of
Technology, Gothenberg Sweden
between 1st
August 2007 and 31st July 2008.
During the period, Dr Davies will not
be taking on new research higher
degree
students
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Professor Thirumala Govender from
South Africa (Durban) visited Harry’s lab
from 10–13 April to discuss collaborative
projects
We are pleased to welcome :
Deborah Boland (conjoint with Royal Brisbane
and Women’s Hospital) who commenced
with the School this week
Srinivas Mutalik, UQ postdoctoral Fellow
commenced with the school in early May
and is working with Dr Nigel Davies & Dr.
Harry Parekh
Ms Sarah Brutnall will be joining the
School as an Associate Lecturer
Ms Nadine Savage has commenced as the
new School Receptionist
Neil Cottrell who has returned from his SSP
leave
Associate Professor Hyung Ki Kim joined
the School in late April as a visiting scholar
for 2 years. Professor Kim will be working
with Dr. Bruce Green within the Model-Sim
Group
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Judith (Jude) Singleton has
commenced with the School part time
(Wednesdays and Fridays). Jude’s
focus is PHRM7050 and working with
Lisa Nissen on the QUM stream in Year
3
Welcome to the teaching staff for the
following pharmacists —
Ms Jennifer Lloyd
Ms Maria Svanberg
Dr Geraldine Elliott
Ms Cheryl Pearce
Mr Garry Walker
Ms Jacqui McInerney
Dr Marie-Odile Parat has accepted a
position in the School as a senior
lecturer — Marie comes to the School
from her role of assistant professor of
molecular medicine at the Cleveland
Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
Stephanie Dunn - Administrative Officer.
She will be taking the role of Alumni
Coordinator, Website Administrator and
Bibliographic Recorder, as well as
publishing the School Newsletter

Ms Noor Al-Adhami will joined the
School as a Conjoint Associate
Lecturer from 13 August 2007. She
will replace Peter Samios as the
Greenslopes Conjoint staff member
Miranda Waterhouse has joined the
School as a Conjoint Associate
Lecturer from Miranda has replaced
Josephine Martelli as the Mater
Conjoint
Catherine Lynch has joined the
School as a Conjoint Associate
Lecturer
Cindy Mortimer has joined the
School as a Conjoint Associate
Lecturer
Alan Coombes joined us on 3
September as Associate Professor
Fiona Wootton joined the school as
Associate Lecturer in August
Neha Shah who is a PHD student
working with Dr Harry Parekh
Charna Kovacevic — Personal Assistant
to the Head of School and
School Manager
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Rani George has taken a postdoctoral
position with Bruce Charles — most of her
time will be spent at the Mater
Amanda Venema who is acting Administration
Officer for the Clinical Pharmacy programs,
as well as assisting our Undergraduate
Officer Jo Whiting
Anne Tan will be joining us on September
19th in the role of Finance Assistant
Katie Rablin will be joining the School on
October 17th, as part of the Scientific team
Wendy Brealey will be joining the School
from 24 September for 10 hours per week
and will be working on the School Review,
she will be seeking your support and input in
the near future
Tom Forbes will be acting Senior IT Officer
from 8/10/07 – 18/1/08 while Adrian Xavier
is on long service leave. Tom is part of the
BACS Information Technology Team
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