Prof Paul J. GALLAGHER

• Registered with the Singapore Pharmacy Council (#P04081I): January 2019-date
• Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (1991-date)

• Foundation Scholarship of Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) (1987)
• Janssen Medal for Senior Sophister (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) First Place in Pharmacy Practice (1989)
• Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Trust Postgraduate Scholarship (1990-1993)
• EOLAS (Irish Board of Science and Technology) PostGraduate Research Award (1990-1993)
• 2016 Universteit Utrecht (Netherlands) Award for Excellent in Pharmacy Practice

Paul established a pharmacy and medical centre de novo in Dublin city centre (1994). This involved providing community pharmacy services to a mixed population in collaboration with general medical practitioner colleagues. He also supervised the practice and research of pre-registration pharmacy graduates. These experiences prompted his return to academic pharmacy when he joined the nascent School of Pharmacy of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) becoming Associate Professor and Head of School within 5 years.

Journal Reviewer

• Member of the Editorial Board of Pharmacy (2018-date) 
• Reviewer for the Asia Pacific Scholar
• Reviewer for BMC Geriatrics 
• Reviewer of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Reviewer of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
• Reviewer of Medicina

University Academic Committees

• Member of the Common Curriculum for Healthcare Professional Education Workgroup (University)
• Co-Chair B. Pharm.(Hons.) Programme Board (Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

National Professional Activities

• Member of the Singapore Pharmacy Council (SPC) Pre-Registration Training Oversight Committee (PTOC)
• Member of the Singapore Pharmacy Council (SPC) Pre-Registration Training Development Committee (Pre-reg TDC)

International Professional Activities

• Member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) (#109537)
• Member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Institutional Membership (AIM) Advisory Committee (Western Pacific Region) (2013-)
• Lead of the FIP-UNESCO UNIWIN Centre for Excellence Western Pacific Region (April 2024-April 2026)
• Visiting Professor at RCSI (Dublin, Ireland) (June 2023-July 2026)
• Programme External Assessor at Universiti Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (AY2023/2024-AY2026/2027)

Research interests:

• Adherence to medication
• Collaborative care
  
  
• Health science research
• Medication safety
• Development of professional Identity in undergraduate student health professionals
• Development of empathy/compassion in student health professionals

Orchid ID: 0000-0001-6365-7542 

• Samarasekera DD, Chong YS, Ban K, Lau LST, Gallagher PJ, Zhi Xiong C, Müller AM, Ngiam NSP, Wong ML, Lau TC, Dunn MC, Lee SS. Transforming healthcare with integrated inter-professional education in a research-driven medical school. Med Teach. 2024 Oct 31:1-8.
• Müller AM, Ngiam NSP, Dunn M, Samarasekera DD, Goh BYS, Goh CEH, Toh A, Lee J, Yau W-P, Lau LST and Gallagher PJ (2024) Developing empathy in healthcare professions students: protocol of a mixed-methods non-controlled longitudinal intervention study. Front. Med. 11:1452516. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1452516
• Lum ZK, Tan JY, Wong CSM, Kok ZY, Kwek SC, Tsou KYK, Gallagher PJ, Lee JY. Reducing economic burden through split-shared care model for people living with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and polypharmacy: a multi-center randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jun 22;24(1):760.
• Han Z, Barton KC, Ho LC, Yap KZ, Tan DS, Lee SS, Neo CXR, Tan AHL, Boey BMY, Soon CJY, Gallagher PJ. Applying narrative medicine to prepare empathetic healthcare providers in undergraduate pharmacy education in Singapore: a mixed methods study. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Mar 15;24(1):292.
• Lau LHC, Wong JXN, Azfar A, Gallagher PJ, Koh L. Evaluating the internalisation of the intrinsic role of health advocacy of student pharmacists in a new integrated Bachelor of Pharmacy curriculum: a mixed methods study, BMC Med. 2023 Educ. 23, 900
• Lum ZK, Kng KK, Goh CEM, Sule AA, Gallagher PJ, Lee JY. Clinical activities that contributed to the effectiveness of a cardiologist-pharmacist collaborative care model in managing diabetes. Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 Jul 6:riad046. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad046. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37410963
• Lum Z K, Xu Y, Gallagher P J, Lee J Y-C. Mapping the evidence on clinical activities and outcome measures of pharmacist-involved collaborative care models in managing diabetes: A scoping review. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2023; 6(4):377-403.
• Etukakpan A, Uzman N, Ozer O, Tofade T, Leite SN, Joda A, Choonara Y, Mwila C, Azzopardi LM, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Rahal M, Darwish R, Lee BJ, Shakya R, Gallagher PJ, Moreau P, Lourenço L, McKinnon RA, Altiere RJ. Transforming pharmaceutical education: A needs-based global analysis for policy development. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. 2023 Feb 14;9:100234.
• Arijana Meštrović, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Marwan El-Akel, Naoko Arakawa, Banan Abdulrzaq S. Mukhalati, Lina Bader, Ian Bates, Andreia Bruno-Tomé, Filipa Alves da Costa, Mariet Eksteen, Paul John Gallagher, Kat Hall, Martin C. Henman, Dai John, Donald E. Mager, John A. Pieper, Michael Rouse, Anisha Kaur Sandhu , Carl R. Schneider, Toyin Tofade, Catherine Duggan. Connecting the dots in pharmacy education: The FIP International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework for Educators and Trainers in Pharmacy (FIP-GCFE). Pharmacy Education 2022; 22(4):100-109.
• Han Z, Chui WK, Wang A, How P, Chew EH, Tan KB, Chew ZX, Tai CW, The SY, Gallagher PJ. Design and Implementation of Synchronous Online Team‐Based Learning: A Learning Community’s Reflection on Lessons Learned. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2021; 11(2): 142-151.
• Koh, L., Azfar, J., Gallagher, P. J., Nguyen T. P. L., & Jay, B. (2022). Musings from an inaugural Bachelor of Pharmacy curriculum: Teaching of health advocacy via integration of topics. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1). 121-128.
• Lum Z K, Chang K L, Tsou K Y-K, Tan J Y, Wong C S M, Kok Z Y, Kwek S C, Gallagher P J, Lee J Y-C. Enhancing diabetes care with community pharmacist-involved collaborative care model: A multicentre randomised controlled trial. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2022;185:109238.
• Yap P X C, Koh L, Gallagher P J, Lum Z K. A cross-sectional survey of diabetes care providers’ perceptions and potential barriers to the use of continuous glucose monitoring technology in Singapore. Journal of Diabetology. 2021;12(4): 464-471.
• Xu Y, Gallagher P, Tan C W Y, Tsou K Y K, Tan D H Y, Ramaya H, Lee J Y-C. Impact of team-based pharmaceutical care on the humanistic outcomes among patients with long-standing diabetes: An interim analysis of a randomized, controlled, multicenter study. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2021; 4(6): 680-688.
• Xu Y, Tan C W Y, Tsou K Y K, Tan D H Y, Gallagher P J, Lee J Y-C. Long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care in people with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus and polypharmacy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Primary Care Diabetes. 2021; 16(1): 188-195.
• Chui W K, Ho H K, Chai L L C, Gallagher P J. Turning threats into opportunities-transforming pharmacy education for modern pharmacy practice. Asian Pacific Scholar. 2021: 6(3): 118-120.
• Flood M, Hayden J, Strawbridge J, Gallagher P, Maher S. “Both Useful in Their Own Way”: Video Podcasts and Typed Solutions as Feedback on Undergraduate Pharmaceutical Skills Assessment. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2020; 12(4): 367-377.
• Cardwell K, Smith SM, Clyne B, McCullagh L, Wallace E, Kirke C, Fahey T, Moriarty F; General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) Study Group. Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non-randomised pilot study. BMJ Open. 2020 Jun 28;10(6):e035087.
• Hayden J, Bardol M, Doherty DR, Dawkins I, Healy M, Breatnach CV, Gallagher PJ, Cousins G. Optimizing clonidine dosage for sedation in mechanically ventilated children: A pharmacokinetic simulation study. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2019; 29: 1002-1010.
• Dillon P, McDowell R, Smith S M, Gallagher P, Cousins G. Determinants of intentions to monitor anti-hypertensive medication adherence in Irish community pharmacy: a factorial survey. BMC Family Practice. 2019; 20 (131).
• Hayden J, Doherty D R, Dawkins I, Leacy F P, Healy M, Breatnach CV, Cousins G, Gallagher, PJ. The effectiveness of alpha 2 agonists as sedatives in pediatric critical care: a propensity score matched cohort study. Critical Care Medicine. 2019; July 47(7), e580-e586.
• Kerr A, O’Connor H, Pawlikowska T, Gallagher P, Strawbridge J. A scoping review of health professional curricula: Implications for developing integration in pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2019; Mar 15. pii: S1551-7411(19)30164-0.
• Dillon P, Smith S, Gallagher P, Cousins G. The association between pharmacy refill-adherence metrics and healthcare utilisation: a prospective cohort study of older hypertensive adults. International Journal Pharmacy Practice. 2019; 27(5): 459-462. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12539.
• Dillon P, Smith S, Gallagher P, Cousins G. Medication monitoring attitudes and perceived determinants to offering medication adherence advice to older hypertensive adults: a factorial survey of community pharmacy interns. International Journal Pharmacy Practice. 2019; 27(1):45-54. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12463.
• Holton, A., Boland, F., Gallagher, P., Fahey, T., Kenny Rose Ann, Cousin G. Longitudinal prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in community-dwelling older adult: a prospective cohort study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2019; 75(4):469-575.
• Dillon P, Smith S, Gallagher P, Cousins G. The association between gaps in antihypertensive medication adherence and injurious falls in older community-dwelling adults: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2018 (accepted)
• Holton AE, Boland F, Gallagher P, Fahey T, Kenny R, Cousins G. Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption among Older Irish Adults: Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). J Aging Health. 2018.
• Dillon P, Phillips LA, Gallagher P, Smith S, Stewart D, Cousins G. Assessing the multidimensional relationship between medication beliefs and adherence in older adults with hypertension using polynomial regression. Annals of Behavioural Medicine. 2018 Feb 5;52(2):146-156.
• Judith Strawbridge, James Barlow, Aisling O’Leary, Muirne Spooner, Eric Clarke, Richard Arnett, Chris Langley, Keith Wilson, and Paul Gallagher (2017) Design and evaluation of a New National Pharmacy Internship Programme in Ireland. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
• Holton AE, Gallagher P, Ryan C, Fahey T, Cousins G. Consensus validation of the POSAMINO (Potentially Serious Alcohol-Medication Interactions in older adults) criteria. BMJ Open. 2017;7 (11)
• Flood M, Hayden JC, Bourke B, Gallagher PJ, Maher S (2017). Design and evaluation of video podcasts for providing online feedback on formative pharmaceutical calculations assessments. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 81(10)).
• Hayden J.C., Dawkins I, Breatnach C, Leacy FP, Foxton J, Healy M, Cousins G, Gallagher P.J., Doherty D.R. Effectiveness of α2 agonists for sedation in paediatric critical care: study protocol for a retrospective cohort observational study. BMJ Open. 2017;7(5).
• O’Leary A, Usher C, Barlow J, Gallagher P. The Use of Real World Data in the Decision-Making Process: An Example Using Blood Glucose Test Strip Use In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In Ireland. Value Health. 2014 Nov;17(7):A360.
• Gallagher C, Holton A, Mc Donald L and Gallagher PJ. “The fox and the grapes: an Anglo-Irish perspective on conscientious objection to the supply of emergency hormonal contraception without prescription”; BMJ: Journal of Medical Ethics. 2013 39:10 601-602.
• Cleary BJ, Eogan M, O’Connell MP, Fahey T, Gallagher PJ, Clarke T, White MJ, McDermott C, O’Sullivan A, Carmody D, Gleeson J, Murphy DJ. Methadone and perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study. Addiction. 2012 Aug;107(8):1482-92.
• Gallagher, P. J., Bennett, D. E., Henman, M. C., Russell, R. J., Flint, S. R., Shanley, D. B. & Coleman, D. C. (1992). Reduced azole susceptibility of oral isolates of Candida albicans from HIV-positive patients and a derivative exhibiting colony morphology variation. Journal of General Microbiology 138, 1901-1911.