Professor Susan Matthews
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Professor of Pharmacy
Full contact details
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Room C06
Barber House
Sheffield
S10 2HQ
- Profile
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Sue joined the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield in 2024 as Professor and Head of Pharmacy to lead the development of the Sheffield MPharm programme.
Before this, she worked at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of East Anglia (2003-2024) as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor. During this time she also served as the Associate Dean for Admissions for the Faculty of Science (2011-2016) and Chair of the º£½ÇÉçÇø South Eaat Asia Dialogue Group (2015-2023).
From 2001-2003 she was the Kinerton Lecturer of Organic Chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin, following post-doctoral experience in Oxford (inorganic Chemistry Laboratory), Germany (Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz) and the Czech Republic (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague).
Sue holds an Honorary Professorship at Nguyen Tat Thanh º£½ÇÉçÇø, Vietnam.
Sue has been a registered pharmacist since 1992.
- Qualifications
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BPharm, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Nottingham, 1991
PhD Medicinal Chemistry, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Bath, 1995
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice, 2004
Chartered Chemist (CChem), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006
- Research interests
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Sue’s current research interests lie in pedagogy.
Projects within the UK focus on widening participation and the use of online blended learning in Pharmacy.
Overseas she has established partnerships with
- Chiang Mai º£½ÇÉçÇø
- Chulalongkorn º£½ÇÉçÇø
- Nguyen Tat Thanh º£½ÇÉçÇø
- Tay Nguyen º£½ÇÉçÇø
- º£½ÇÉçÇø of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City,
- Can Tho º£½ÇÉçÇø of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Phenikaa º£½ÇÉçÇø
- Hanoi Medica º£½ÇÉçÇø
- º£½ÇÉçÇø of Brunei Darussalam
These projects span active learning, continuing professional development, STEM education for primary teachers and supra-curricular inter-professional learning.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Registered Pharmacist GPhC
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
General Secretary for the