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School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

  • Qualification

    PhD (Pharmacometrics) (The Uni. of Queensland, Australia), MPharm (Clinical Pharmacy), BPharm (Hons)

  • Associate Professor

    Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy

  • Editorial Board Member

    Research in Clinical Pharmacy (RCP) Journal

  • Secretary

    PAGMAS

  • Room

    J01 Room 134

  • Contact

    +604-6577888 Ext. 2487

  • Email

    sabariahnoor@usm.my

Author ID

Sabariah Noor Harun, Assoc Prof Dr

Dr Sabariah, a pharmacometrician, senior lecturer, and registered pharmacist at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM, obtained her PhD from the pharmacometric group at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research encompasses time to event, disease progression and drug effect modelling, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, and simulation studies, particularly in diseases with high variability in response, such as non-communicable diseases, e.g. diabetes, stroke and infectious diseases. Dr Sabariah established a pharmacometric research cluster group called S&S PRC@USM. This research cluster was developed together with Dr Siti Maisharah. Further information on the S&S PRC@USM can be found here: https://sabariahnoor.my.canva.site/s-s-prc-usm-introduction

Dr Sabariah plays a pivotal role in supervising g a diverse group of students, including PhD, MSc, MPharm (Clinical Pharmacy), and final-year project students. She is highly regarded as a speaker and tutor for national and international pharmacometrics seminars. Notably, she has served as the Vice Treasury of the Population Approach Group of Malaysia (PAGMAS), a society dedicated to pharmacometrics research, since February 2021, following her tenure as Vice Secretary from February 2018 to January 2021. More details about my research and publications can be found here: https://experts.usm.my/cvitae/sabariahnoor  

Pharmacometrics projects (as main supervisor) available:

Currently seeking motivated and committed students who are interested in pursuing research in clinical pharmacometrics and population pharmacokinetics (PopPK). Available projects include: 

  1. PopPK modelling of vancomycin in renal transplant recipients
  2. PopPK modelling of amikacin in patients with tuberculosis
  3. PopPK modelling of sodium valproate in patients with epilepsy
  4. PopPK modelling of sodium valproate in patients with psychiatric disorders

These projects will utilise a pharmacometrics approach (as well as conventional analysis methods) and offer opportunities to develop skills in clinical data handling, modelling, and simulation.

At present, the projects do not have external grant funding; therefore, self-funded Master of Science or PhD candidates are preferred. Final-year project (FYP) students with a strong interest in clinical pharmacy, pharmacometrics, or related areas are also welcome to apply. For further information or to express your interest, don't hesitate to contact Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabariah Noor Harun at sabariahnoor@usm.my.

Research Interest

  1.  Pharmacometrics
    1. Concepts, methodology and application of population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling and simulation approach
    2. Time to event modelling
    3. Disease progression modelling
  2. Clinical pharmacy – Infectious disease, Stroke, Diabetes
  3. AI/machine learning in Pharmacy Education

Ongoing Research

  1. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling of insulin in stroke patients with acute hyperglycaemia
  2. Population PK model of statin in stroke patients with and without diabetes
  3. Population PK model of dolutegravir in patients with HIV
  4. Population PK model of vancomycin in Malaysian non-ICU adults
  5. Integrating pharmacometrics and pharmacometabolomic in stroke patients with acute hyperglycaemia
  6. Progression Model of Weight Change in People Living with HIV Treated with Dolutegravir: A pharmacometric approach
  7. Population PK model of Unasyn in obese patients infected with Acinetobacter baumanii
  8. Determining the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of model-based dosing adjustment/Bayesian dosing of amikacin in high-risk adults with febrile neutropenia and haematological malignancies: a randomised clinical trial.
  9. Joint Disease-Progression and Time-to-Event Modelling of Blood Pressure Trajectories During Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Their Association with Clinical Outcomes: A Pharmacometrics Approach
  1. Pharmacometrics modelling & simulation 
    1. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic model development
    2. Disease progression model development
    3. Time-to-event model development
  2. Clinical pharmacy research

Publications related to Pharmacy Education

  1. Sabariah Noor Binti Harun, Abubakar Usman, Orwa Albitar (2022). SimPCare@USM©: An Innovative Online Simulated Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship Platform(https://epublication.usm.my/publication/download/MjI4NTk=)
  2. Siti Maisharah Binti Sheikh Ghadzi,Sabariah Noor Binti Harun, Nur Hafzan Binti Md Hanafiah, Syed W Gillani (2012). Outpatient Pharmacy Department (OPD) and Counselling Clerkship Among Final Year Pharmacy Undergraduates: Students' Expectation and Satisfaction, International Journal Of Pharmacy And Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4 (5), 484 - 489 
  3. Sabariah Noor Binti Harun (2012). Pilot Exploratory Work on Medication-Related Issues among Nursing Home Residents
  4. Siti Maisharah Binti Sheikh Ghadzi,Sabariah Noor Binti Harun, Nur Hafzan Binti Md Hanafiah (2011). Stress Level Among Final Year USM Bachelor Of Pharmacy Students During Outpatient/Counselling Clerkship, International Journal Of Pharmacy Teaching & Practices 2011, 2 (1), 39 - 45 
  5. Sabariah Noor Binti Harun (2011). Stress Level Assessment among Final Year Pharmacy Students during Satellite and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring(TDM)Clerkship in Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM), Kelantan Malaysia
  6. Sabariah Noor Binti Harun (2011). Provision of Drug Information by Clinical Pharmacists in a Teaching Hospital
  7. Sabariah Noor Binti Harun, Siti Maisharah Binti Sheikh Ghadzi, Nur Hafzan Binti Md Hanafiah (2010). Perceived Stress Level Assessment among Final Year Pharmacy Students during Pharmacy-Based Clerkship,International Journal Of Pharmacy Teaching & Practices, 1 (2), 20 - 23 

Publications related to Pharmacometrics and Clinical Pharmacy

  • Refer to the Author’s ID
  1. FAR 241 Antimicrobial
  2. FAR 454 Applied Therapeutics II
  3. FCP 551 Pharmacotherapeutics I
  4. FCP 552 Pharmacotherapeutics II
  5. FCP 553 Pharmacotherapeutics III
  6. FCP 560 Medical 2 Internship
  7. Clinial Pharmacy II (Undergraduate clerkship)
  8. HFF 224
  9. MTAC Clerkship
  1. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models’ development for drug development, post-marketing drug & repurposing drug
  2. Pharmacometrics modelling consultation
  3. Clinical pharmacy research
  4. Clinical pharmacy
  1. silver Award. Pitching (Educator) at The Virtual International e-Content Development Competition 2023, Ministry of Higher Education (International)
  2. Gold Medal. SimPCare@USM: An innovative Online Simulated Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship Platform, Ministry of Higher Education, International University Carnival on E-Learning (IUCEL) 2022, 2022 (International )
  3. Gold Award for the Pitching (Educator), Ministry of Higher Education, The Virtual International e-Content Development Competition 2021, 2021 (International)
  4. 1st Runner up of the MSC 2022 Best Oral Presentation Award, Malaysia Stroke Conference 2022
  5. Anugerah Khas USM, Petugas Operasi Pusat Pemberian Vaksin (PPV) Universiti Sains Malaysia
  6. Pemenang Anugerah Sanggar Sanjung 2019
  7. Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang 2019
  8. The Best Publication in Pharmacometrics 2016, The University of Queensland, Australia
  9. Anugerah Pendidik Sanjungan 2024
  10. Anugerah Sanjungan (Penerbitan Jurnal) 2024
  11. Best Oral Presenter (Pharmacy Education), Asian Conference in Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2025, Bali Indonesia
  1. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme Grant, 2020, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 152,200.00
  2. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme Grant, 2019, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia RM 176,800.00
  3. Short Term Grant, 2019, Universiti Sains Malaysia, RM 30,184.69
  4. Bridging Grant, 2020-2021, Universiti Sains Malaysia, RM 25,000.00
  5. Incentive Grant, 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia| RM 5000.00
  6. Integrating Pharmacometric and metabolomic approaches to predict stroke outcome in patients with hyperglycaemia during acute ischemic stroke, Bridging Grant, RM 24,900.00, (2024)
  7. Digitalizing PharmaAssist4ID@USM Impact on Clinical Pharmacy Students’ Competencies and Intervention Abilities, Academic Grant, RM 20,000.00 (2024)