Regional Asia-Pacific Section (RAPS)

Chair

Deborah JE Marriott
Sydney, Australia

Vice-Chair

Sumith Mathew
Vellore, India

Regional Section Purpose

The purpose of RAPS is to foster and promote in Asia-Pacific countries:

  • Education and research in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) and Clinical Toxicology (CT)
  • Improving the standards of practice and clinical interpretation of pharmacological/toxicological analyses, and to facilitate the delivery of clinical pharmacokinetics for enhanced patient care
  • Encouraging cooperation with and between members of all professions concerned with TDM and CT, including but not limited to education, routine practice and research
  • Organizing and conducting a regional meeting at least biannually
  • Identifying centres of excellence in the region, to facilitate training and establishment of observerships in the field of TDM and CT
  • Promote local academic-industrial partnership for translation of technologies and increasing reach of TDM and CT in underserved communities
  • Facilitate regional collaboration with Scientific Committees, with a focus on young scientists
  • RAPTDM 2025 Conference: Penang Malaysia: Attended by 240 participants, 32 speakers with participation from the Malaysian Ministry of Health
  • TDM Education India webinar series
  • RAPS webinar series
  • Collaborative work with AFWG
  • Collaborative work with APICS
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Standards – Asia-Pacific Expert Consensus (Project initiated)
  • A survey of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Practices for Antimicrobials in the Asia-Pacific: Status, Barriers and Future Directions. (Project initiated)

Fostering TDM through education: reflections from India
Deborah J E Marriott and Sumith K Mathew, September 2023
 
Implementing latest approaches of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antimicrobials in Oman
Muhammad Taimoor Chaudhary, and Khaula Al Harthy, March 2025
 
Robotics and AI in pharmacy: Transforming medication management and laboratory services
Ruaya Khalid Al Hashimi, and Muhammad Taimoor Chaudhary

2025

 
23rd Congress, September 21-24, Singapore

  • Target concentrations, time to reach target, days in target: Therapeutic target parameters
  • RAPS get-together lunch arranged for a greater interaction with IATDMCT members in Asia Pacific Region
  • ADVANCE-ID:
    • Initiated project, “A Survey of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Practices for Antimicrobials in the Asia-Pacific: Status, Barriers and Future Directions”
    • Invited Mo Yin for speech at RAPTDM 2025
    • Initiated a project to develop TDM standards in Asia-Pacific Region
  • International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) has a regional section – Asia Fungal Working Group
    • Webinar: February 7th, 2024
    • Annual conference at Bangkok, August 2024
    • Invited Lee Lee Low as a speaker at RAPTDM 2025
    • Low Lee Lee is an invited plenary speaker at the Singapore Congress
    • Lee Lee Low will speak on behalf of RAPS at the AFWG/MMTN workshop, Manado, October 2025
    • Collaboration in the AFWG conference, Kuala Lumpur, September 9-12 2026

Debbie Marriott (Chair)
Sumith K Mathew (Vice-Chair)
Choki Dorji (Bhutan)
Vu Dinh Hoa (Viet Nam)
Mohammed Issa (New Zealand)
Bin Lin (China)
Shu-Wen (Wendy) Lin (Taiwan)
Lee Jian Lynn (Malaysia)
Jefman Efendi Marzuki (Indonesia)
Aswin Nair Santosh (India)
Chow Ngah Kuan (Malaysia)
Denpong Patanasethanont (Thailand)
Rovina Ruslami (Indonesia)
Roopali Somani (India)
Christine Staatz (Australia)
Nathalie Grace Sy Chua (Singapore)
Muhammad Taimoor Chaudhary (Pakistan)
Ryota Tanaka (Japan)
Yoshiki Yamamoto (Japan)
Seonghae Yoon (South Korea)
Yuetian Yu (China)

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