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

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 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. Goh L.C., Chin E.W., Tan B.K.J., Gao E.Y., Goh S.S.L., Hisham Shunmugam R., Kulasegarah J., Abu Bakar M.Z., Toh S.T. (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. 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

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)