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Dr Anne C. Boyter

Senior Lecturer

RW 501B

anne.boyter@strath.ac.uk

Tel : +44(0)141 548 4594 (Ext. 4594)


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Anne Boyter gained her BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy from Heriot Watt University and has subsequently gained an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde and a postgraduate certificate in Health Economics from the University of Aberdeen. Before taking up post in SIPBS she was a senior Clinical Pharmacist in NHS Tayside specialising in respiratory medicine and infectious diseases. In addition to her academic post Anne is also a member of the Scottish Pharmacy Board of the RPS and a member of the steering group for the SIGN/BTS Asthma guideline.

Anne's research interests are centred on the areas of respiratory medicine, infection and health evaluation. These interests links the analytical and formulation aspects to patient care. The main themes of the research are associated with the problems and consequences associated with the administration of appropriate therapy to these groups of patients. Particular interests are the local and systematic effects of inhaled therapy, bacterial contamination of inhaler devices and drug utilisation related to disease progression. She also has interests in educational research in particular the development and use of e-learning in pharmacy practice which has involved the development of the SCRIPT program used in undergraduate teaching.

Anne's teaching covers pharmaceutical microbiology, a variety of aspects of pharmacy practice in all four years of the MPharm, input into chemistry with drug discovery and the postgraduate MSc in Clinical Pharmacy. She is the 3rd year coordinator for the MPharm degree.

Publications

  • FA Mabbott, AB Mullen, A Smith, G Smith, AC Boyter (2011) Qualitative analysis of microbial contamination of inhalers. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION 77, 277-278 [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.005]

  • Anne Boyter, Leon Zlotos, Naomi Ford (2011) Audit Of Budesonide / Formoterol Prescribing For Asthma In Community Pharmacy In The UK. RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 105, 864-868

  • Leon Zlotos, Lee Kayne, Ian Thompson, Kathleen A. Kane, and Anne Boyter (2010) A Web-based Tool for Teaching Pharmacy Practice Competency. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 74, 27

  • Gazala Akram, Anne Boyter and Alison Thomson (2010) Evaluation of antipsychotic information on UK schizophrenia websites. The Psychiatrist 34, 422-426

  • Akram G. Thomson AH. Boyter AC. McLarty M. (2009) ADHD and the role of medication: knowledge and perceptions of qualified and student teachers. European Journal of Special Needs Education 24, 423-436 [DOI: 10.1080/08856250903223088]

Group

Postgraduate students

Nadiatul Azra Ahmad Mazlan: 'Intranasal and inhaled corticosteroids and their side effects in asthma and rhinitis/rhinosinusitis' (started 2007)

Adel Ibrahim S Alghamdi: 'Development of antibiotic drug administration schedules for optimising clinical response' (started 2011)

Sarah S A A Sh Alghanem: 'Application of computer based data analysis techniques to the design of individual drug dosage regimens for use in clinical practice' (started 2010)

Michelle Mathie: 'Assessing the impact of mucoadhesion on the nasal delivery on insoluble and soluble chemical entities' (started 2009)

Imtiaz Maqbool Shah: 'Molecular modelling of protein folding in drug design' (started 2005)

Wanchana Ungphakorn: 'Optimisation of antimicrobial drug therapy' (started 2009)

Jing Yan: 'Nasal delivery of anti-infective agents' (started 2006)

Leon Zlotos: 'Evaluation and development of computer based teaching and feedback (script)' (started 2008)