Staff Profiles: School of Medicine

staff profileS: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

1. Name: *(Title , First, Last Names)*	Dr. Timothy Rennie
2. Tertiary Qualifications *(High to Low)* *Note: Acronyms to be written out in full*	PhD, Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS), Master of Pharmacy (MPharm)
3. Current Position	Pharmacy Course Coordinator
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Room 264, Science Block W, UNAM
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	Tel: 061 20645003
6. Email Address	trennie@unam.na
7. Short Biography (*maximum 150 words)*	Dr Tim Rennie graduated with an MPharm (Hons) from The School of Pharmacy, University of London, and registered as a UK pharmacist following pre-registration hospital training at the Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust. Following practice in hospital pharmacy he completed a PhD at the School of Pharmacy – his research investigated TB patient adherence to treatment in North East London. He has since been involved in TB research and service development for TB commissioning priorities for the seven Primary Care Trusts in northeast London (Head of TB Commissioning). During this time he also worked for the School of Pharmacy with involvement most recently in a post-graduate work-based pharmacy diploma (Programme Director) and also in the undergraduate ‘MPharm’ degree, various pharmacy policy research projects and the international MSc. Since arriving in Namibia in November 2010 he has begun work as Course Coordinator for the new pharmacy degree programme.
8. Resume/Vita	Dr Rennie is the editor of the WHO-FIP journal ‘Pharmacy Education’
9. Recently Taught Courses (*last 2 years- include course codes)*	Post-graduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (PGDipGPP), London Master of Pharmacy (MPharm), London
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Pharmacy practice and policy; Pharmacy education; quality assurance in tertiary education; education assessment methodology; health services commissioning; tuberculosis; treatment adherence; illness and treatment perceptions; health psychology; quantitative and qualitative research methods; linguistic translation methods; management in healthcare.
11. Research and Publications *List of references/citations:* *Title, year, place& publisher* (*includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press)* *Note: Acronyms to be written out in full*	(1) Rennie TW, Bates I, McKelvie W. Compliance and adherence as pragmatic concepts: a study of TB in rural Pakistan. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 9, R42. 2001. (2) Rennie TW, Engova D, Bates I, Bothamley GH. Exploring choice of regimen in tuberculosis prevention. Pharm.World.Sci 26[3], 123-182. 2004. (3) Taylor, D., Bury, M., Campling, N., Carter, S., Garfied, S., Newbould, J., Rennie, T. A Review of the use of the Health Belief Model (HBM), the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Trans-Theoretical Model (TTM) to study and predict health related behaviour change. 2006. (4) Taylor, D., Bury, M., Campling, N., Carter, S., Garfied, S., Newbould, J., Rennie, T. The influence of social and cultural context on the effectiveness of health behaviour change interventions in relation to diet, exercise and smoking cessation. 2006. (5) Freymann H, Rennie T, Bates I, Nebel S, Heinrich M. Knowledge and use of complementary and alternative medicine among British undergraduate pharmacy students. Pharm World Sci 2006 Feb;28(1):13-8. (6) Garfield S, Hawkins J, Newbould J, Rennie T, Taylor D. Greater expectations. Pharmacy based health care - the future of Europe? London: The School of Pharmacy; 2007. (7) Rennie TW, Bothamley GH, Engova D, Bates IP. Patient choice promotes adherence in preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis. Eur Respir J. 2007 Oct;30(4):728-35. (8) Rennie, T.W., Engova, D., & Bates, I. (2008) A pragmatic approach ensuring accuracy in language translation in tuberculosis research. Res Soc & Admin Pharm., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 417-21. (9) Rennie TW. Historical non-involvement and future opportunities: Pharmacy and TB. International Pharmacy Journal 23[3], 36-44. 2008. (10) Rennie, T.W., Roberts, W. (2009). Data mining of tuberculosis patient data using multiple correspondence analysis. Epidemiol. Infect., vol. 137, no. 12, pp. 1699-704
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): *Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures* *Note: Acronyms to be written out in full*	Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (UK) Recent conferences: UK Public Health Association (Brighton) – Poster presentation: ‘TB and house prices in North East London: Further proof of socioeconomic deprivation?’ 2009. International Federation of Pharmacists (FIP) Congress (Istanbul) – Session facilitator. 2009. International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (Cancun) – Poster presentations including: ‘HIV in TB patients: a dataset audit of predictors in North East London’ and ‘TB stigma amongst high-risk groups in Hackney, London’. 2009.