Curriculum Vitae

DR. SHERON GOH SIR LOON

Pharmacy Lecturer
  • Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
    Faculty of Pharmacy
  • sherongoh
  • 0379492429

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD.Med, (Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • MSc.Med, (Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • BPharm, (Pharmacy)
    Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Coordinator
    22 Sep 2025 - 21 Sep 2027 (University Malaya)
  • Quality Manager
    26 Feb 2025 - 31 Dec 2026 (Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy)
  • Course Coordinator
    05 Oct 2025 - 08 Mar 2026 (Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy)
  • Committee Members
    22 Sep 2025 - 26 Sep 2025 (Dean Office, Faculty of Pharmacy)
  • Course Coordinator
    17 Mar 2025 - 24 Aug 2025 (Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • FULL MEMBER OF SOCIETY OF INFECTIONS DISEASES PHARMACISTS, MEMBER
    2025 to present (International)
  • ANNUAL MEMBER OF MALAYSIAN FALLS PREVENTION SOCIETY (MYFALLS), MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (National)
  • ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE, MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (National)
  • MEMBER OF BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, MEMBER
    2025 to present (International)
  • LIFE MEMBER OF THE PRIMARY CARE RESPIRATORY GROUP, MEMBER
    Since 2024 (National)
  • MEMBER OF ALZHEIMER S ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY TO ADVANCE ALZHEIMER S RESEARCH AND TREATMENT (ISTAART), MEMBER
    2024 to present (International)
  • LIFE MEMBER OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF INFECTION CONTROL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (MYICID), MEMBER
    Since 2024 (National)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL FEDERATION (FIP), MEMBER
    2023 to present (International)
  • LIFE MEMBER OF MALAYSIAN PHARMACISTS SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2014 to present (National)
  • REGISTERED PHARMACIST OF PHARMACY BOARD MALAYSIA, MEMBER
    Since 2013 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Finalist in Free Paper Oral Presentation
    2025, 1st Asian Falls Network & 4th Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia Annual Scientific Meeting 2025,  (International)
  • Fip Foundation Early Career Leadership Development Scholarship 2023
    2023, International Pharmaceutical Federation,  (International)
  • University of Malaya Student Financial Aid 2019
    2019, Universiti Malaya,  (University)
  • 2nd Runner Up for Best Poster Presentation: Department of Medicine Research Exhibition 2018
    2018, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya,  (University)
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (anzbms) Travel Grant Award
    2017, Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS),  (International)
  • Mybrain15 (mymaster) Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
    2016, Ministry of Higher Education,  (National)
  • University of Malaya Specialist Centre (umsc) Ca.re Fund
    2016, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya,  (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Goh, Liang Chye; Chin, Ein Wan; Tan, Benjamin Kye Jyn; Gao, Esther Yanxin; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Hisham Shunmugam, Ranita; Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi; Abu Bakar, Mohd Zulkiflee; Toh, Song Tar (2025). Impact of surgical intervention on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and body-mass index: a scoping review, POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE. . doi:10.1080/00325481.2025.2506981
  2. Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Lai, Pauline Siew Mei; Ramdzan, Siti Nurkamilla; Tan, Kit Mun; Goh, Amanda Mae Ching; Tan, Maw Pin (2025). A physician-pharmacist partnership intervention for deprescribing (P3iD) among older adults attending a falls and syncope clinic: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial, PLOS ONE. 20(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324565
  3. Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Moy, Foong-Ming; Mat, Sumaiyah; Ali, Shazeea Mohamed; Hoo, Zi Xin; Apparoo, Sai Ganesh Rao; Tan, Maw Pin (2025). Influence of psychosocial and health-seeking behaviour on the risk of falling among persons living with type 2 diabetes in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) cohort, AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 37(1). doi:10.1007/s40520-025-02961-5
  4. Beshir, Semira Abdi; Elnour, Asim Ahmed; Soorya, Aadith; Mohamed, Affana Parveen; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Hussain, Nadia; Al Haddad, Amal H. I.; Hussain, Faizah; El Khidir, Israa Yousif; Abdelnassir, Zainab (2024). A narrative review of approved and emerging anti-obesity medications (vol 31, 101757, 2023), SAUDI PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 32(5). doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2024.102047
  5. Tan, Bih Huei; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Ganesan, Dharmendra; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri (2024). Study of the Practice of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use for Elective Neurosurgical Cases in a Tertiary Hospital and Understanding the Rationale, WORLD NEUROSURGERY. 189, E612-E623. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2024.06.126
  6. Beshir, Semira Abdi; Elnour, Asim Ahmed; Soorya, Aadith; Mohamed, Affana Parveen; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Hussain, Nadia; Al Haddad, Amal H., I; Hussain, Faizah; Khidir, Israa Yousif; Abdelnassir, Zainab (2023). A narrative review of approved and emerging anti-obesity medications, SAUDI PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL. 31(10). doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101757
  7. Bhatt, Vedika; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri; Chong, Chun Wie; Tang, Li Yoong; Krishnasamy, Karthikayini; Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju (2023). Socio-Demographic Factors and Public Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistance, HEALTHCARE. 11(16). doi:10.3390/healthcare11162284
  8. Goh, Sheron Sir Loon; Lai, Pauline Siew Mei; Ramdzan, Siti Nurkamilla; Tan, Kit Mun (2023). Weighing the necessities and concerns of deprescribing among older ambulatory patients and primary care trainees: a qualitative study, BMC PRIMARY CARE. 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12875-023-02084-8
  9. Goh, S. S. L., Lai, P. S. M., Liew, S. M., Tan, K. M., Chung, W. W., & Chua, S. S. (2020). Development of a PATIENT-Medication Adherence Instrument (P-MAI) and a HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL-Medication Adherence Instrument (H-MAI) using the nominal group technique. PloS one, 15(11), 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242051
  10. Ong, H. -C.; Teo, S. W.; Goh, S. S. L.; Tan, C. H.; Lee, C. E.; Lim, K. Y.; Loong, L. S.; Ponnampalavanar, S. (2020). Prescribing patterns of carbapenem and the acceptance of a carbapenem antimicrobial stewardship program in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 111-111. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.309
  11. Goh, S. S. L., Lai, P. S. M., Tan, A. T. B., Ponnampalavanar, S. (2018). Reduced bone mineral density in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals: a meta-analysis of its prevalence and risk factors. Osteoporosis International, 29(3), 595-613. doi:10.1007/s00198-017-4305-8
  12. Goh, S. S. L.; Lai, P. S. M.; Tan, A. T. B.; Ponnampalavanar, S. (2018). Reduced bone mineral density in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals: a meta-analysis of its prevalence and risk factors: supplementary presentation, OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 29(7), 1683-1683. doi:10.1007/s00198-018-4379-y
Scopus
  1. Jefnee M.A.I., Kaur M., Teo C.H., Goh S.S.L., Lai P.S.M., Selvaraj C.S., Ramdzan S.N. (2025). Effectiveness of online asthma training programmes to improve asthma management among school staff: a systematic review using the Kirkpatrick evaluation model, Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 35(1). doi:10.1038/s41533-025-00450-w
  2. Beshir S.A., Aadithsoorya A.M., Parveen A., Goh S.S.L., Hussain N., Menon V.B. (2022). Aducanumab Therapy to Treat Alzheimer's Disease: A Narrative Review, International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2022. doi:10.1155/2022/9343514
  3. Beshir S.A., Mohamed A.P., Soorya A., Goh S.S.L., El-Labadd E.M., Hussain N., Said A.S.A. (2022). Virtual patient simulation in pharmacy education: A systematic review, Pharmacy Education. 22(1), 954-970. doi:10.46542/pe.2022.221.954970
Other Publications
  1. Goh, S.S.L. (2024) Hear from our 2023 ECLD scholars on their LDW experience, FIP Foundation Newsletter: January 2024 - Mass Media(newspaper,radio,tv,popular Magazine)
  2. Tan, M. P., Goh, S.S.L., Xu X. J., Kumanan, S., Shahar, S., Majid, A. B., Teh,P. L., Ibrahim, R., on behalf of the AGELESS Investigators (2024). A National Research Centre for Dementia and Healthy Longevity - Policy Briefs

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2027, UNIVERSITI MALAYA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE GRANT (UMREG)
    Development And Feasibility Of An Asthma Web-based Training Programme For Malaysian Educators (awesome) ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2024 - 2027, UNIVERSITI MALAYA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE GRANT (UMREG)
    Effectiveness of a Mobile Application (My Perancangan Awal) in Promoting the Uptake of Advance Care Planning Among Patients with end-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2025 - 2026, UM Living Labs @ UMSDC
    SAFE DISPOSAL OF UNUSED MEDICINES ? ENCOURAGING MINDFUL PARTICIPATION IN WASTE AND EXPIRED MEDICINES RETURNS THROUGH COMMUNITY PHARMACIES (EMPOWER) ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2024 - 2026, Department of Medicine (DoM) UMMC
    Effectiveness of the Physician-Pharmacist Pertnership Intervention to Deprescribe Medication (PPPi-DM) among older persons in a Falls and Tilt-table Clinic: A randomised controlled trial ( Co-Researcher)
Private
  1. 2024 - 2025, Private Funding
    Implementation Strategies To Optimize The Management Multidrug-resistant Organisms ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Forum Session Title: Case Discussion: What Would You Do?, Masterclass On Geriatric Pharmacy Protocol (MAGIC 2025), Geriatric Special Interest Group (SIG), Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Chapter, Malaysian Pharmacists Society (National) (20 Sep 2025 - 21 Sep 2025)
  2. Clinical Practice: Tools For Pharmacotherapy Review, Masterclass on Geriatric Pharmacy Protocol (MAGIC 2025), Geriatric Special Interest Group (SIG), Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Chapter, Malaysian Pharmacists Society (National) (20 Sep 2025 - 21 Sep 2025)
  3. Data synthesis (Case studies), Introduction to systematic review workshop, Research Training Unit & UM Primary Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya (University) (11 Jun 2025 - 12 Jun 2025)
  4. How to perform a meta-analysis, Introduction to systematic review workshop, Research Training Unit & UM Primary Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya (University) (11 Jun 2025 - 12 Jun 2025)
  5. Deprescribing medications among older persons, Lecture to Clinical Master Family Medicine Trainees, Department of Primary Care Medicine, Universiti Malaya (University) (10 Jun 2025 - 10 Jun 2025)
  6. A Physician-Pharmacist Partnership Intervention for Deprescribing (P3iD) among Older Adults Attending at Falls and Syncope Clinic : A Randomised Controlled Trial, Asian Falls Network, Asian Falls Network (International) (22 May 2025 - 22 May 2025)
  7. Development of the Physician-Pharmacist Partnership Intervention to Deprescribe Medications (P3iD) and its feasibility in clinical pratice, Malaysian Ageing Research Network February Meeting, Malaysian Ageing Research Network (National) (19 Feb 2025 - 19 Feb 2025)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Work in progress: A randomised controlled trial on Physician-Pharmacist Partnership Intervention for Deprescribing (P3iD) in Older Adults Attending a Falls and Syncope Clinic, 1st Asian Falls Network & 4th Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Malaysian Falls Prevention Network & Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia (International) (12 Sep 2025 - 13 Sep 2025)
  2. Recruitment Challenges for the Randomised Controlled Trial on the Physician Pharmacist Partnership Intervention for Deprescribing (P3iD) in Older Adults, Malaysian Congress of Geriatric Medicine, Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine (National) (07 Aug 2025 - 09 Aug 2025)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on how to deprescribe medications in older persons, 83rd FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Pharmaceuticall Federation (FIP) (International) (31 Aug 2025 - 03 Sep 2025)
  2. Development of the Physician-Pharmacist Partnership Intervention to Deprescribe Medications(P3iD) and its feasibility in clinical practice, Malaysian Congress of Geriatric Medcine, Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine (National) (07 Aug 2025 - 09 Aug 2025)
  3. Impact of mobile health applications in the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programme among healthcare professionals: A systematic review, Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (International) (11 Apr 2025 - 15 Apr 2025)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Reviewer for Scientific Reports, International, (Reviewer)
  2. (2025) Evaluation Panel Proposal Defence for Phd Candidate Sem 2 2024/2025, University, (Internal Examiner)
  3. (2025) Evaluation Panel Proposal Defence for Phd Candidate Sem 2 2024/2025, University, (Internal Examiner)
  4. (2025) Reviewer for Malaysian Family Physician, International, (Reviewer)
  5. (2025) Reviewer for Bmc Infectious Diseases, International, (Reviewer)
  6. (2025) Reviewer for Bmc Public Health, International, (Reviewer)
  7. (2025) Reviewer for Bmc Health Services Research, International, (Reviewer)
  8. (2025) Reviewer for Bmc Complementary Medicine and Therapies, International, (Reviewer)
  9. (2025) Dissertation Evaluation for Final Year Research Project (oia4013 for 4th Year) Sem 1 2024/2025, University, (Internal Evaluator)
  10. (2024) Reviewer for The Malaysian Family Physician, International, (Reviewer)
  11. (2024) Reviewer for Bmc Health Services Research, International, (Reviewer)
  12. (2024) Reviewer for Bmc Public Health, International, (Reviewer)
  13. (2024) Reviewer for Bmc Complementary Medicine and Therapies, International, (Reviewer)
  14. (2024) Reviewer for Bmc Primary Care, International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to event
  1. (2025) Scientific Commitee Member for 3rd UM Health Academia Month & Research Carnival (um Harc) 2025, University, (Event Organiser)
  2. (2025) Chairperson of Masterclass On Geriatric Pharmacy Protocol (magic) 2025, National, (Event Organiser)
  3. (2025) Chairperson of The Workshop On Management of Multidrug-resistant Organisms 2025, National, (Event Organiser)
  4. (2025) Organising Committee for 12th International Congress of Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (apsic 2026), International, (Event Organiser)

SUPERVISION

Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use And Associated Factors Among Older Stroke Patients
  2. (2024) Evaluating Drug Interaction Risks Of Nirmatrelvir & Ritonavir Combination (Paxlovid®) And Remdesivir With Concomitant Medications In Real-world Clinical Settings
Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2025) DEVELOPMENT AND FEASIBILITY OF AN ASTHMA WEB-BASED TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MALAYSIAN EDUCATORS (AWESOME), MUHAMMAD ALIEFF ISQANDAR BIN JEFNEE
Master
  1. (2025) Intership attachment at Faculty Pharmacy Universiti Malaya, Andi Desiah Pranada (Universiti Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
  2. (2025) Internship attachment at Faculty Pharmacy Universiti Malaya, Noor Laila Harkaning-Dyah (Universiti Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
  3. (2025) Internship Attachment at Faculty Pharmacy Universiti Malaya, Nabila Risti Rachmadi (Universiti Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
  4. (2025) Internship Attachment at Faculty Pharmacy Universiti Malaya, Lutfiah Pertiwi (Universiti Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
  1. ADVANCING SCHOLARS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION (ASCEND) S4/2025, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (06 Oct 2025 - 17 Oct 2025)
  2. 1ST ASIAN FALLS NETWORK MEETING & 4TH FRAGILITY FRACTURE NETWORK MALAYSIA ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2025, THE VERTICAL, CONNEXION CONFERENCE & EVENT CENTRE, KUALA LUMPUR (12 Sep 2025 - 13 Sep 2025)
  3. SECONDARY RESEARCH USING MEDICAL RECORDS WORKSHOP, CUBE, ARAS 4, FAKULTI PERUBATAN UM (10 Sep 2025 - 10 Sep 2025)
  4. 4TH PHARMACIST ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ON ANTIMICROBIAL, KSL ESPLANADE KLANG (13 Aug 2025 - 14 Aug 2025)
  5. MALAYSIAN CONGRESS OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE, COURTYARD BY MARRIOT MELAKA (07 Aug 2025 - 09 Aug 2025)
  6. THE 13TH IAAG MASTERCLAASS ON AGEING IN ASIA, SASANA KIJANG, BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA (23 May 2025 - 25 May 2025)
  7. CHALLENGING PRACTICE: DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY SYMPOSIUM 2024 , MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (25 Oct 2024 - 27 Oct 2024)
  8. MEDICATION REVIEW & MANAGEMENT SEMINAR 2.0. DECODING GERIATRIC FRAILTY 2024, AUDITORIUM HOSPITAL TUNKU AZIZAH (01 Oct 2024 - 01 Oct 2024)
  9. 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ASIAN SOCIETY AGAINST DEMENTIA, SETIA SPICE CONVENTION CENTRE, PENANG, MALAYSIA (15 Aug 2024 - 17 Aug 2024)
  10. GRANT PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS (ECR), FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UM 2024, CUBE, ARAS 4, FAKULTI PERUBATAN (07 Aug 2024 - 08 Aug 2024)
  11. MALAYSIA ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (MYAMR) CONFERENCE 2024, SUNWAY PYRAMID CONVENTION CENTRE (17 Jul 2024 - 18 Jul 2024)
  12. MALAYSIAN CONGRESS OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE, SETIA CITY CONVENTION CENTRE (SCCC) (20 Jun 2024 - 22 Jun 2024)