Professor Susan Matthews
Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Professor of Pharmacy
Full contact details
Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Barber House Annexe
3 Clarkehouse Road
Sheffield
S10 2HQ
- Profile
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Sue joined the University 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 University 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 University 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 University, Vietnam.
Sue has been a registered pharmacist since 1992.
- Qualifications
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BPharm, University of Nottingham, 1991
PhD Medicinal Chemistry, University 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 University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Nguyen Tat Thanh University
- Tay Nguyen University
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City,
- Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Phenikaa University
- Hanoi Medica University
- University 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 Group for Promotion of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Academia (GP2A)