Our people

Dean

• Professor Carlo Marra

Deputy Dean

• Professor Bruce Russell

Associate Deans

• Associate Professor Alesha Smith Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
• Professor Natalie Medlicott Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
• Professor Joel Tyndall Associate Dean (Internationalisation)
• Leanne Te Karu Associate Dean (Māori)
• Associate Professor Hesham Al-Sallami Associate Dean (Pharmacy Practice)
• Associate Professor Shyamal Das Associate Dean (Research)

Academic staff

• Associate Professor Hesham Al-Sallami Associate Dean (Pharmacy Practice)
  Dose individualisation through modelling and simulation
• Dr Mudassir Anwar Senior Lecturer
  Pharmacy practice and social pharmacy research
• Associate Professor Shyamal Das Associate Dean (Research)
  Drug formulation and delivery
• Dr Allan Gamble Senior Lecturer
  Design and synthesis of biologically-active molecules
• Dr Susan Heydon Senior Lecturer
  Medicines and society in developed and developing countries; history of pharmacy education in New Zealand
• Professor Sarah Hook Professor
  Development and application of novel therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines
• Lisa Kremer Lecturer
  Neonatal Health, Pharmacy Education
• Anna Tiatia Fa'atoese Latu Senior Lecturer Hauora Māori
• Professor Carlo Marra Dean
  Health economics, preferences and quality of life
• Associate Professor Arlene McDowell Associate Professor
  Veterinary pharmaceutics and delivery of bioactives
• Associate Professor Ailsa McGregor Associate Professor
  Neuropharmacology, neurodegeneration and repair
• Professor Natalie Medlicott Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
  Drug delivery; pharmaceutical analysis; clinical pharmacokinetics
• Dr Shakila Rizwan Senior Lecturer, Examination Coordinator
  Development and evaluation (physiochemical and biological) of novel formulations for delivering drugs to the brain
• Professor Bruce Russell Deputy Dean, Head of Clinical
  Psychopharmacology, addiction, schizophrenia, depression and treatment-resistance.
• Associate Professor Alesha Smith Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
  Quality use of medicines
• Professor Joel Tyndall Associate Dean (Internationalisation)
  Drug design and discovery
• Associate Professor Greg Walker Associate Professor
  Drug delivery and formulation
• Associate Professor Daniel Wright Associate Professor
  Individualisation of drug therapy
• Dr Amber Young LecturerClinical pharmacy, health equity, maternal vaccination

Research staff

• Dr Jess Fairhall Research Fellow
• Dr Pummy Krittaphol Bailey Research Fellow

Professional practice fellows

• Supriya Devi
• Dr Carla Dillon
• Kate Farquharson
• Bee Sian Kho
• HeeSeung Lee
• Bridget Mark
• Louise McDermott
• Aynsley Peterson
• Michelle Plant
• Emma Smith
• Lauren Smith
• Michael Smith
• Tara Wheeler
• James Windle
• Angela Wong

Clinic staff

• Emma Smith
• Lauren Smith
• Tara Wheeler

Honorary positions

• Professor Ross Tsuyuki Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of the Epidemiology Coordinating and Research (EPICORE) Centre
• Associate Professor June Tordoff
• Emeritus Professor Ian Tucker
• Dr Chihiro Hasegawa

Affiliates of the School of Pharmacy

• Chloë Campbell
• Angela Renall
• Ruth Ferguson
• Maria McIntyre

Administration staff

• Su Dali Than Client Services Administrator – Dean Support
• Lauren Docherty Administrator Client Services
• Justine Farquhar Administrator Client Services
• Lisa Head Lead Administrator
• Maggie Jenkins Client Services Administrator – Reception
• Glenda Paterson Finance Manager
• Anna Sinton Administrator Client Services
• Sambo Sok Finance Associate

Technical staff

• Blake Gibson Head Technician
• Sara De Le Harpe Pharmacy Technician
• Heather Lindsay Pharmacy Technician
• Lisa-Jane Reid Pharmacy Technician
• Chloe Salter Pharmacy Technician

PhD students

• Firoz Alam
• Rakesh Bastola
• Thomi Brind
• Lucy Broughton
• Hailemichael Hishe
• Shivankar Nair
• James Nind
• Parul Rani
• Muniksha Reddy
• Catherine Ross
• Tushar Saha
• Amit Sarker
• Rishi Shah
• Sepideh Sharif
• Liang Yang
• Hui Yee Yeo

Masters' students

• Murray Foreman, supervised by Associate Professor Alesha Smith
• Tara Wheeler, supervised by Professor Carlo Marra

BPharm(Hons) students