Core expertise
Drug discovery
Neglected diseases
Drug delivery systems
Pharmaceutical sciences
Biography
Professor Charman AO was appointed Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor on his retirement in September 2024.
He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for more than 12 years from 2007 until 2019. Throughout his tenure, Professor Charman led a strategic redevelopment of the Faculty’s education, staffing, research profile and campus infrastructure. These included the introduction of new curricula supported by Faculty-designed education innovations and establishment of the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS). He also led the formation of the PharmAlliance partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University College London to undertake significant pharmacy education, research and professional engagement projects.