Andrew is Professor in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology.
He is a practicing pharmacist, and a teacher of pharmacology in undergraduate medicine, dentistry, nursing and health science programs. He has an active research program centred on elucidating the dispositional mechanisms for altered human drug response in pain therapeutics, cancer and transplantation through pharmacokinetic, metabolism, pharmacodynamic and pharmacogenomic studies. He has translated his research into clinical practice by establishing a Pharmacogenetics Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Pharmacogenomics and personalised healthcare is a theme of his overarching research and public health focus.
Andrew's research program has been funded by the NHMRC continuously since 1999 and has had NIH, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Society (USA), National Heart Foundation, Alcohol Education and Research, Kidney Australia and ANZCA support over the last 5 years .
He provides regular consultancy on the role of pharmacogenomics in adverse drug reactions to clinicians, patients and the legal profession Australia-wide.
Experience
1992–2010
Deputy Head, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
2005–2010
Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide
1982–1992
Research Fellow, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
Education
University of Sydney, Diploma of Hospital Pharmacy
University of Bonn, Postdoctoral Research
1982
University of Sydney, PhD (Clinical Pharmacology)
1978
University of Sydney, Master of Science
1972
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education , PhC (Certificate of Pharmacy)
Grants and Contracts
2011
TIR Signalling pathway pharmacogenomics and opioid response: beyond the mu opioid receptor
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National Health and Medical Research Council
2009
The role of OCT-1 Activity enhancers in improving the response of patients with low OCT-1 activity t
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Resear
2009
Pharmacogenetics of methadone maintenance treatment
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National Health and Medical Research Council
2009
Pharmacogenomics of renal transplantation
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National Health and Medical Research Council
2009
The cognitive impact of opioids during chronic administration
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National Health and Medical Research Council
Research Areas
Clinical Pharmacology And Therapeutics (111502)
Honours
2007: Best Oral Presentation in Clinical Toxicology- 10th International Congress of IATDMCT (Nice, France)
2010: Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists)