A/Prof YAU Wai Ping

Biography

Associate Professor Yau Wai Ping is currently Deputy Head (Education – Undergraduate Matters) of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated with BSc(Pharm)(Hons) and PhD from NUS, and received postdoctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health, USA. She is a registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council.

As an educator with more than a decade of teaching experience, she is firmly committed to nurturing the next generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. Over the years, she has received multiple faculty- and university-level teaching excellence awards. She is also an elected Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy, working alongside fellow passionate educators towards making positive contributions to the university’s educational landscape.

She has authored and co-authored papers in the fields of clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacoepidemiology, public health and pharmacy education. She also serves as invited peer reviewer for various international journals.

Teaching Activities in NUS

Undergraduate:

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) programme

• Biostatistics Workshop in PR4196 Pharmacy Research Project and Scientific Communication

Bachelor of Science (Pharmaceutical Science) (Honours) programme

• PHS4101 Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics

College of Humanities and Sciences

• HSI2001 Scientific Inquiry & Health: Good Science, Bad Science

Common Curriculum for Healthcare Professional Education

• MD1902 Professional Practice 1: The Foundations of Health Professionalism

Postgraduate:

Master of Science (Pharmaceutical Science & Technology) programme

• PR5218 Methodologies in Product Development
• PR5224 Pharmacoepidemiology

Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy) and Doctor of Pharmacy programmes

• PR5135 Foundations in Advanced Pharmacy Practice

Research Interests

• Clinical pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacogenetics
• Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health
• Pharmacy education

A/Prof Yau’s research interests include clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of immunosuppressant drugs in Asian transplant recipients, pharmacokinetic modeling, and pharmacoepidemiology in special populations. The primary goal of her research interests is to gain deeper understanding to rationalize and improve medication use. In addition, A/Prof Yau is also interested in action research in pharmacy education.

A list of her research publications is available here.