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'''William Neil Charman''' is an Australian pharmaceutical scientist and academic. He is Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor at Monash University<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bill Charman: The power of focus |url=https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/alchemy/issue-37/Bill-Charman-The-power-of-focus |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en}}</ref>, where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences from 2007 to 2019 and as founding director of the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) from 2007 to 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Professor Bill Charman AO retires from Monash, appointed Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor |url=https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/2024/professor-bill-charman-ao-retires-from-monash,-appointed-emeritus-sir-john-monash-distinguished-professor |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en}}</ref> His research has focused on pharmaceutics, drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, and translational drug discovery.
== Early life and education == Charman was born in Melbourne, Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1981 and received a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1986 through the Takeru Higuchi Intersearch PhD Program, a joint doctoral program between the Victorian College of Pharmacy and the University of Kansas, under the supervision of Valentino J. Stella. In 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International lifetime achievement award for Monash scientist and dean |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/749003 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=EurekAlert! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Bill Charman is a member of Med Aditus’ Board of Directors |url=https://medaditus.org/news-articles/in-the-news/in-the-news-prof-bill-charman-named-an-officer-of-the-order-of-australia-ao/ |website=Medaditus}}</ref>
== Academic career == Following completion of his doctorate, Charman worked at the Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute in New York from 1986 to 1988 as senior research scientist and group leader in pharmaceutical sciences.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Borchardt |first=Ronald T. |date=2003 |title=Editorial |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022354916313417 |journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en |volume=92 |issue=10 |pages=vii–viii |doi=10.1002/jps.10509}}</ref> He returned to Australia in 1989 to join the Victorian College of Pharmacy and was appointed Professor of Pharmaceutics in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean receives prestigious international recognition - (Monash Memo, 23 May 2007) |url=http://www.monash.edu.au/news/monashmemo/stories/20070523/bill-charman.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110305170046/http://www.monash.edu.au/news/monashmemo/stories/20070523/bill-charman.html |archive-date=2011-03-05 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.monash.edu.au |language=en}}</ref>
In 2000, he co-founded the Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation at Monash University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Director's Blog - 16 December 2019 - Lost in Translation... {{!}} Bio21 Molecular Science & Biotechnology Institute |url=https://www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au/directors-blog-16-december-2019-lost-translation |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250328002432/https://www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au/directors-blog-16-december-2019-lost-translation |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> In 2007, he led the establishment of MIPS and served as its founding director until 2017.<ref name=":1" /> During his tenure as dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences from 2007 to 2019, the faculty expanded its research programs and revised its academic curriculum.<ref name=":0" />
Charman has also held advisory and governance roles with Wellcome Trust, Medicines for Malaria Venture, the World Health Organization, and Pfizer. He served on the Bureau of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and chaired its Education Executive Committee from 2015 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Bill Charman named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) |url=https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/2021/prof.-bill-charman-named-an-officer-of-the-order-of-australia-ao |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
Charman has been involved in pharmaceutical education reform and international academic collaboration. He was a founding participant in PharmAlliance, a partnership between Monash University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University College London.<ref name=":0" />
As chair of FIPEd, he was involved in convening the First Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in Nanjing in 2016, which produced the Nanjing Statements, an international framework for pharmacy education and workforce development.<ref name=":1" />
He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists<ref name=":0" />, an honorary fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-19 |title=Four new RPS Honorary Fellowships awarded |url=https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/four-new-rps-honorary-fellowships-awarded |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=The Pharmaceutical Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>, a Fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIP appoints a new Chair for FIP Education on pharmacy workforce and education |url=https://www.fip.org//press-releases?press=item&press-item=67 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.fip.org |language=en-US}}</ref>, and a Fellow of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Japan.
== Research == Charman’s research has examined oral drug delivery<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Charman |first=William N. |date=2000 |title=Lipids, Lipophilic Drugs, and Oral Drug Delivery—Some Emerging Concepts |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022354916306438 |journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en |volume=89 |issue=8 |pages=967–978 |doi=10.1002/1520-6017(200008)89:8<967::AID-JPS1>3.0.CO;2-R|url-access=subscription }}</ref>, lipid-based drug formulations<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Trevaskis |first=Natalie L. |last2=Charman |first2=William N. |last3=Porter |first3=Christopher J. H. |date=2008-03-17 |title=Lipid-based delivery systems and intestinal lymphatic drug transport: a mechanistic update |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18155316 |journal=Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews |volume=60 |issue=6 |pages=702–716 |doi=10.1016/j.addr.2007.09.007 |issn=0169-409X |pmc=7103284 |pmid=18155316}}</ref>, lymphatic drug transport<ref>{{Cite book |last=Charman |first=William N. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Lymphatic_Transport_of_Drugs.html?id=rS6ODwAAQBAJ |title=Lymphatic Transport of Drugs |date=2019-05-23 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-43444-7 |language=en}}</ref>, and translational pharmaceutical science. His work has included collaborations in antimalarial drug development, including contributions to the development of arterolane (OZ277)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arterolane - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/arterolane |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> and artefenomel (OZ439) in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture and other international collaborators.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Phyo |first=Aung Pyae |last2=Jittamala |first2=Podjanee |last3=Nosten |first3=François H. |last4=Pukrittayakamee |first4=Sasithon |last5=Imwong |first5=Mallika |last6=White |first6=Nicholas J. |last7=Duparc |first7=Stephan |last8=Macintyre |first8=Fiona |last9=Baker |first9=Mark |last10=Möhrle |first10=Jörg J. |date=2016 |title=Antimalarial activity of artefenomel (OZ439), a novel synthetic antimalarial endoperoxide, in patients with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria: an open-label phase 2 trial |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4700386/ |journal=Infectious Diseases |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=61–69 |doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00320-5 |issn=1474-4457 |pmc=4700386 |pmid=26448141}}</ref>
He has published more than 370 scientific papers and has been listed by Clarivate Analytics as a highly cited researcher in pharmacology and toxicology.<ref name=":0" />
== Awards ==
* GlaxoWellcome International Achievement Award (1999)<ref>{{Cite web |last=People |first=Notable |title=Bill Charman |url=https://notablepeopleproject.org/bill_charman |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Notable People |language=en}}</ref> * Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Medal (2005)<ref name=":0" /> * Controlled Release Society Career Achievement Award in Oral Drug Delivery (2006)<ref name=":0" /> * FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Achievement Award (2007)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.fip.org//awards |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.fip.org |language=en-US}}</ref> * FIP Lifetime Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2014)<ref name=":2" /> * Asian Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nagai Distinguished Scientist Award (2015) * Kamal K. Midha Award for Exceptional Leadership (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Bill Charman recognised for exceptional leadership by International Pharmaceutical Federation |url=https://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/news-listing/2020/professor-bill-charman-recognised-for-exceptional-leadership-by-international-pharmaceutical-federation |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |language=en}}</ref> * Takeru and Aya Higuchi Memorial Award (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.apstj.jp/en/awards-en/ |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=公益社団法人日本薬剤学会 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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