Lilian Azzopardi, professor of pharmacy and head of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Malta, received the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Fellowship during the 77th World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held in Seoul, South Korea between earlier last month. The FIP was founded in 1912 in The Hague and represents over three million experts in medicines use.

Prof. Azzopardi was nominated for the FIP Fellowship for her strong international leadership and for her distinguished contribution to the advancement of pharmaceutical practice.  She studied pharmacy and read for a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the University of Malta.

She developed a quality system for professional standards in community pharmacy, which has been adopted in countries worldwide and has spearheaded major developments in pharmacy education within the University of Malta. These include the redesign of pharmacy studies leading to a Master of Pharmacy degree, the development of a degree in pharmaceutical technology to meet the needs of the industry and the development of a postgraduate doctorate in pharmacy offered by the University in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Prof. Azzopardi has been invited as an external examiner for postgraduate degrees in different schools of pharmacy. Her research portfolio is in the area of pharmacy quality systems and pharmacist interventions in clinical settings. She has received research awards by the International Pharmaceutical Federation and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy and was recognised by the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology.

She served as an ad-interim director and member of the Publications Committee for the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. She was co-chair of the working group of the FIP Nanjing Statements on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education, launched in 2016.

Prof. Azzopardi is currently the president of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy.

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