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Personal details

First names: Lloyd
Second name: Matowe
Date of birth: 04/05/72
Place of birth: Mutare, Zimbabwe
Sex: Male
Religion: Christianity
Nationality: ZIMBABWEAN
Contact address

    67A Burnett House
    Hillhead
    Don Street
    AB24 1WU ABERDEEN
    U.K

Education


Secondary schools attended

St Augustine's school, Penhalonga Zimbabwe ( 1986-91)

Results : Obtained good grades in Cambridge GCE "O" and "A" level exams.

Academic/ professional qualifications


B.Pharm (Hons ) degree


University of Zimbabwe (1992-95 )

Results


Subject	                               Grade
Clinical Pharmacy	                 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry                 1
Honours Project                          1
Pharmaceutical Technology                2.1 
Clinical Pharmacology                    2.1 
Clinical Medicine                        2.2




Degree class 2.1

Positions Held


1985- Headboy, Mafararikwa P. School Odzi

1988- Prefect St Augustne's school Penhalonga

1991- School Captain St Augustine's school
Secretary, Student view Club
Chairman, Anglican Young People Association
Chairman, Computer Club
Treasure, Orphanage Club

1993 -94- Chairman, University of Zimbabwe United Methodist Youth
Fellowship World and Friendship.
Chairman , Zimbabwe Pharmaceutical Students Association
Representative- International Pharmaceutical Students Association.
Committee member , Zimbabwe Medical Students Association.
Student representative, The Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe
Patron , Robert Gabriel Mugabe Orphanage, Penhalonga

1995-96 Secretary, Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe Midlands Sub - Branch.
Together with some other Pharmacists in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe we helped to form a sub-branch of the main Pharmaceutical society to which I was appointed the first secretary.
Deputy manager, COJA 95 Village Pharmacy. COJA-95 was the All Africa games held in Zimbabwe. I was one of the medical team
members and helped to co-ordinate their Pharmaceutical services. I was then appointed an assistant manager for the games Pharmacy.

1996-97 Treasurer, Aberdeen Afro-Caribbean Society.

Achievements


High School

  • Awarded four primary school book prizes.
  • Awarded five secondary school book prizes.
  • Holds a certificate in the Old Mutual Sponsored Maths Olympiad ( 1991).
  • Holds a certificate in the Zimbabwe schools computer management games (1991).
  • Awarded a Manicaland Development Association merit prize and scholarship
  • Competed in the Lions Club Sponsored High School Quiz Competition. (1991).

    University of Zimbabwe

  • Awarded CAPS Pharmaceutical Company Best of Class Student Prize (1993 ).
    • Awarded the Ethical Drugs Association of Zimbabwe Student of the year trophy and Prize for outstanding contribution to the medical and Pharmacy profession in Zimbabwe. This was in recognition to the Drug abuse campaigns that I launched in the Schools and Colleges in Zimbabwe and awareness campaigns about HIV/AIDS. As a student leader I sourced for travel subsidies from medical and Pharmaceutical companies for this worth course which eventually was a success. This has now become an annual event for medical and Pharmaceutical Students in Zimbabwe. (1994 ).
  • Awarded a University of Zimbabwe book prize (1994 ).
  • Awarded a Johnson & Johnson (Yanssen Pharmaceuticals ) Overall Best Pharmacy student of the year prize (1994).
  • Awarded the Zimbabwe Retail Pharmacies Association Best Research Project of the year Prize (1994).
  • Awarded a Faculty of medicine Rose Krikler's Outstanding Student Prize (1994 ).
  • Awarded the 1996 Beit Trust Scholarship to study in the UK.

    University of Aberdeen

    • Awarded a University of Aberdeen Centre for Enterprise Creation top MSc student in Enterprise Creation 1 Prize and Trophy (1997).

      Research Work

      Honours Project

      During the previous years the developed world has been donating many drugs to third world countries to alleviate the chronic shortage of drugs. Where as the cause is applausible some of these drugs are known to have a very short shelf life which could be worsened by the soaring temperature of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is against this back ground that I decided to quality assure three of such drugs. Glibenclamide, Propranolol and allopurinol. It was found that the sulphonyurea glibenclamide is rather unstable with not only a possibility of uncontrolled diabetes but toxicity. I received a prize for this research work.

      MSc Project

      My project is aimed at analysing the frequency of mutations in TPMT, a 35kD cytosolic protein, which catalyses the S-methylation of heterocyclic and aromatic sulfhydryl compounds, in genomic DNA from two groups of patients with rheumatic disease, those who failed Azathioprine therapy and those who have a clinical benefit from azathioprine therapy. This will help in establishing whether heterozygosity or mutation of this enzyme genome is related to Rheumatoid Arthritis Prognosis after Azathioprine Therapy. This will also allow assessment of the clinical utility of PCR-based assays for prospective prediction of the efficacy of anti-rheumatic therapy.

      Publications
      My first publication was on reuse of donated expired drugs . Central African Journal of Medicine.(`1995)

      I am a column writer in a monthly teenager magazine. This is a column on adolescence and teen behaviour. I put a lot of work in understanding teenagers. I hope to be a teen adviser later in life which I have already started doing some work on. The magazine circulates to about 100 000 teenagers in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Malawi. I take pleasure in socialising with western teenagers and making direct cross comparisons with African teens as most of Africa continues to become westernised.

      Work experience


      Pharmacist

      I have worked at various Pharmacies in Zimbabwe both as a student and after graduation. These include Q.V Pharmacy, Fife Ave Pharmacy, Country Pharmacy, Mbare Pharmacy and Kamfinsa Pharmacy.

      I worked at Gweru Pharmacy for a full one year post internship. I also did half of my internship course at this Pharmacy before moving to the University as a teaching assistant.Duties involved drug dispensing, patient counselling and provision of Drug Information.

      Teaching Assistant

      I worked for six months as a teaching assistant at the University of Zimbabwe, Box M.P 167 Mt. Pleasant, Harare in the Faculty of Medicine. My duties included teaching in Clinical Pharmacy, co-ordinating students ward rounds, and teaching Clinical Pharmacology to BSc nursing Students.

      Assistant-Consultant: Zimbabwe National Drug Information and Toxicology Centre.

      My duties involved working with clinical pharmacists, clinical Pharmacologists and Clinician to answer any poisoning queries, assist general practitioners with rational prescribing and the dissemination of information on rational drug use

      Hobbies


      Church going, Playing Tennis and writing articles. I am very interested in current affairs and politics. I have got intensive knowledge of html & htm. I enjoy being on the net both to design and to read other people's designs. Current status I am currently studying for an MSc in Clinical Pharmacology. I hope to start working on a PhD later in the year.

      Referees

      1. Professor J C Petrie: Chairman, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen Medical school, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZD Aberdeen.

      2. Professor G Hawksworth, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen Medical school, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZD Aberdeen.

      3. Professor O.M.J Kasilo, Director, Drug & Toxicology Information Centre. University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Box A178 Avondale Harare.

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