b.glass@ju.edu.jo
Dr Beverley Glass, currently Professor and Chair of Pharmacy at James Cook University is actively involved in teaching across a broad range of Pharmacy areas and has several Honours and Postgraduate Students in her research programme. Her research interests focus on the stability of drugs, their storage shelf-life and expiry with special emphasis on the effects of repackaging drugs in Dose Administration Aids. This together with interests in the effects of modifying solid dosage forms by crushing tablets or the compounding of oral liquids for administration to children and those patients unable to swallow tablets or capsules, highlights her research focus of empowering pharmacists to ensure the delivery of quality medicines. Beverley's interests in the quality of medicines extends to the impact of falsified and substandard medicines, especially antimicrobials on antibiotic resistance fostering an interest in Antibiotics Stewardship, with a recent interest in other areas of Stewardship including relating to antipsychotic and anticoagulant drugs. She was invited to serve on the Therapeutics Good Administration (TGA- Australian regulator) Pharmaceutical Subcommittee (PSC) as an Expert Advisor. She has published over 300 peer reviewed articles, has supervised over 50 postgraduate research students and continues to contribute significantly to the profession of pharmacy in Australia and internationally. Prof. Glass is an Honorable Professor at the School of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan.