Dr. Edward Felix Odhiambo, Chair, Department of Pharmacy
edward.odhiambo@kemu.ac.ke
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Science Complex Block, Main Campus

Dr. Edward Felix Odhiambo

Chair, Department of Pharmacy

“Dr. Edward Felix Odhiambo, as the Chairman of Pharmacy Department, would like to welcome you to the department at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences in KeMU. The department was started in 2010 to train Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Technologists with the first cohort of pharmacists graduating in 2017.  The Bachelor of Pharmacy training programme takes five years to complete and has an annual intake for sixty (60) students. The department currently has a fulltime staff of fourteen and two adjunct staff. The department is gearing towards developing into a full blown School of Pharmacy in the near future”

Biography

Dr. Odhiambo joined KeMU in 2016 as a lecturer and has been the Chairman of the department since 2018. He teaches pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacy Laws.

He was at one time a lecturer at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) where he rose to the position of the head of faculty of pharmacy.  Dr. Odhiambo has served as a part-time lecturer and an external examiner for a number of other institutions undertaking training in pharmacy programmes at both the diploma and degree levels. He has been an internship preceptor and have supervised pharmacy students undertaking postgraduate studies, student dissertations and research projects in some of the institutions

Education

  • MSc., Pharmaceutical Analysis, University of Strathclyde (UK)
  • B.Pharm, University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya

Publications

  • Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Harmonized National Curriculum for Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology (2005 Ed), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Nairobi. Kenya
  • Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Harmonized National Curriculum for Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology (2014 Ed), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Nairobi. Kenya
  • Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Core Curriculum for Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree Programme (2008 Ed), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Nairobi. Kenya
  • Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Core Curriculum for Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree Programme (2014 Ed), Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Nairobi. Kenya

Research Interests

  • Pharmaceutical product quality
  • Regulation of Pharmaceutical products
  • Quality Control of Pharmaceutical Products, Processes and Facilities
  • Quality Assurance Principles and Procedures in production of pharmaceuticals
  • Analysis of Pharmaceutical Products
  • Stability and in-use validity characteristics of Pharmaceutical Products

Skills

Analysis of pharmaceuticals94%
Application of quality control procedures in production of pharmaceuticals91%
Curriculum development97%
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