Dr. May Lam obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Since graduation, she had worked in community pharmacies, hospital in-patient and out-patient clinic in Ontario, Canada. Prior to her return to Hong Kong in 2010, May was a clinical pharmacist, specialized in oncology, at the Odette Cancer Centre of Sunnybrook Health Science, Toronto, Canada.

May is currently a lecturer at The University of Hong Kong, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy and honorary pharmacist in the Pharmacy Department of Queen Mary Hospital as well as Tung Wah Hospital. Her main teaching areas are Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice and serves as the course coordinator for BPharm clinical pharmacy courses. Moreover, she is on secondment with Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, taking up the role as clinical pharmacist practitioner.

In 2017, May received her Ph.D from the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include medication safety, supportive care in oncology/palliative care and local pharmacy practice.

Office: 2/F, 21 Sassoon Road, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Memberships and Editorships

Memberships:

• Registered Pharmacist (U.S.A., Canada and Hong Kong)
• Member, Task Force for Professional Development of Pharmacists of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal
• Member, The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong

Editorship:

• Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Journal (since 2018)

Honours and Awards

• Gold Award, QS Reimagine Education, Hybrid Learning, Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, Team Award (2021)
• Teaching Innovation Award, Team Award, “Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice – an eMART Approach”, The University of Hong Kong (2021)

• Supportive care in oncology/palliative care
• Medication safety
• Pharmacy practice
• Geriatric medicine

Publication Highlights

• Wong DLL, Zhang A, Cheung KKY, Choi EPH, Lam MPS. Knowledge difference of sexually transmitted infections between Hong Kong undergraduates from local and international secondary schools: A cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health. 2022: 10: 947932.
• Ng VWS, Wong ICK, Lam MPS. Pharmacists’ perspectives on the under-prescribing of oral anticoagulants among long-term aspirin users with atrial fibrillation: a preliminary report. HK Pharm J. 2022; 29: 50-3.
• Ganotice FA, Chan L, Chow AYM, Khoo US, Lam MPS, Liu RKW, Poon RPW, Wang MN, Tsoi F, Tipoe GL. What characterize high and low performing teams in interprofessional education: A self-determination theory perspective, Nurse Educ Today. 2022; 112: 105321.
• Ganotice FA, Chow AYM, Fan K, Khoo US, Lam MPS, Poon RPW, Tsoi F, Wang MN, Tipoe GL. To IPAS or not to IPAS? Examining the construct validity of interprofessional attitudes scale among Hong Kong. J Interprof Care. 2022; 36: 127-34.
• Ng VWS, Siu CW, Chiu PKC, Kng CPL, Jamieson E, Wong ICK, Lam MPS. Survey of physicians’ perceptions on the use of oral anticoagulants among patients with atrial fibrillation. HK Pharm J. 2021; 28: 99-107.
• Liu, AHY, Ng VWS, Wong ICK, Lam MPS. Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation – a review of international clinical guidelines. HK Pharm J. 2021; 28: 23-7.
• Ng VWS, Siu CW, Chiu PKC, Kng CPL, Jamieson E, Wong ICK, Lam MPS. Understanding the Barriers to Using Oral Anticoagulants Among Long-Term Aspirin Users With Atrial Fibrillation – A Qualitative Study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20: 1084.
• Man KKC, Ip P, Hsia Y, Chan EW, Chui CSL, Lam MPS, Wong WHS, Chow CB, Yung A, Wong ICK. Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Prescribing Trend is increasing among children and adolescents in Hong Kong. J Atten Disord. 2017; 14: 1161-8.
• Tsoi MF, Cheung TT, Lam MPS, Cheung CL, Wong ICK, Hung IFN, Cheung BMY. Safety of Colchicine for Gout: A Ten-Year Survey of the Hong Kong Population. Clin Ther. 2017; 39 (Supp): e36-7.
• Lam MP, Cheung BM, Wong IC. Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Among Hong Kong Older Adults: A Comparison of the Beers 2003, Beers 2012, and Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment Criteria. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015; 63: 1471-2.
• Lam MPS, Cheung BMY. The use of STOPP/START criteria as a screening tool for assessing the appropriateness of medications in the elderly population. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012; 5: 187-97.

Selected Publications

• Man KKC, Ip P, Hsia Y, Chan EW, Chui CSL, Lam MPS, Wong WHS, Chow CB, Yung A, Wong ICK. Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Prescribing Trend is increasing among children and adolescents in Hong Kong. J Atten Disord. 2017; 14: 1161-8.
• Lam MPS, Cheung BM, Wong IC. Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Among Hong Kong Older Adults: A Comparison of the Beers 2003, Beers 2012, and Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment Criteria. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015; 63: 1471-2.
• Samaranayake NR, Cheung DS, Lam MP, Cheung TT, Chui WC, Wong IC, Cheung BM. The effectiveness of a 'Do Not Use' list and perceptions of healthcare professionals on error-prone abbreviations. Int J Clin Pharm. 2014; 36:1000-6.
• Lam MPS, Yeung CK, Cheung BMY. Pharmacogenetics of Allopurinol – making an old drug safer. J Clin Pharmacol. 2013; 53: 675-9.
• Lam MPS and Cheung BMY. The pharmacogenetics of the response to warfarin in Chinese. B J Clin Pharm 2012; 73: 340-47. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04097.x
• Lam MPS, Cheung BMY. The use of STOPP/START criteria as a screening tool for assessing the appropriateness of medications in the elderly population. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012; 5: 187-97.

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