Bee Yean Low

Contact

• workRoom B1A02 Block B1
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8758
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8018
• BeeYean.Low@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Low Bee Yean obtained her first degree, Bachelor of Pharmacy ((Hons) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia in year 2002. She then undertook her pre-registration training at National University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Soon after completion of her pre-registration training, she returned to USM to pursue her PhD.

Dr Low's PhD project was sponsored, in part by the Abbott Laboratories Malaysia. The project conducted involved an epidemiological survey to investigate the prevalence, severity and treatment seeking behaviour of women having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and a clinical trial (Phase IV) to investigate the efficacy and safety of terazosin in the treatment of women with LUTS. Part of project also involving validation of survey instruments to be used in women with LUTS.

Prior to joining Nottingham University, Dr Low worked as Head of Pharmacy Practice at the International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Teaching Summary

Dr Low's main teaching interests are pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical statistics, pharmaceutical calculations, pharmacy and public health, patient and disease management, evidence-based medicines and… read more

Research Summary

Dr Low's research interests are related to the epidemiology of diseases and the management, health-related quality of life issues as well as validation of the survey instruments. She is also… read more

Selected Publications

• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, CHONG, W.L, KHAN, N.A.K, CHEAH, P.Y and LIONG, K.K., 2008. Terazosin therapy for patients with female lower urinary tract symptoms (FLUTS): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Urology. 179, 1461-1469
• HASAN, S.S, CHONG, D.W.K, AHMADI, K, WONG, P.S, HASSALI, M.A, HATA, E.M, HADI, M.A, SRIDHAR, S.B, AHMED, S.I, LOW, B.Y and EFENDIE, B., 2010. Influences on Malaysian pharmacy students' career preferences Am J Pharm Educ. 74(9), Article 166
• EFENDIE, B, CHONG, D, WONG, P.S, TEY, K.K and LOW, B.Y., 2009. Introducing competency-based learning through pharmacy skills development sessions. In: 5th Pharmacy Education Symposium, Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Italy, 6-8 July 2009..
• LOW, B.Y, EFENDIE, B, CHONG, W.K and WONG, P.S., 2010. Validation and perceived standards of Pharmacy OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) by examiners and examinees: are we aligned? In: 10th Asian Conference of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2010, Singapore, 9-12 July 2010..

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Dr Low's main teaching interests are pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical statistics, pharmaceutical calculations, pharmacy and public health, patient and disease management, evidence-based medicines and critical appraisal.

Current Research

Dr Low's research interests are related to the epidemiology of diseases and the management, health-related quality of life issues as well as validation of the survey instruments. She is also interested in medicines use behaviour, public health and pharmacy education, in particularly, looking into the roles of the pharmacists in improving the health-related knowledge and quality of life of the public.

• JAMSHED, S.Q, IBRAHIM, M.I.M, HASSALI, M.A, LOW, B.Y, BABAR, Z.D, SHAFIE, A.A and SIDDIQUI, M.J.A, 2011. Is There Any Correlation Between GPs Perception and Attitude Towards Generic Medicine Prescribing in Karachi, Pakistan? In: Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society Pharmacy Scientific Conference 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21-23 October, 2011..
• JAMSHED, S, LOW, B.Y, SIDDIQUI, M.J.A and BABAR, Z, 2011. The Pharmacist as a Member of Healthcare Team in Karachi, Pakistan: Perception of Patients In: Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference 2011, London, United Kingdom, 11-12 Sep 2011..
• LOW, B.Y, EFENDIE, B, CHONG, W.K and WONG, P.S., 2010. Validation and perceived standards of Pharmacy OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) by examiners and examinees: are we aligned? In: 10th Asian Conference of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2010, Singapore, 9-12 July 2010..
• HASAN, S.S, CHONG, D.W.K, AHMADI, K, WONG, P.S, HASSALI, M.A, HATA, E.M, HADI, M.A, SRIDHAR, S.B, AHMED, S.I, LOW, B.Y and EFENDIE, B., 2010. Influences on Malaysian pharmacy students' career preferences Am J Pharm Educ. 74(9), Article 166
• LIM, B.K and LOW, B.Y., 2010. An assessment of community pharmacists’ versus pharmacy students’ knowledge and attitudes towards contraception methods. In: 10th Asian Conference of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) 2010, Singapore, 9-12 July 2010..
• EFENDIE, B, CHONG, D, WONG, P.S, TEY, K.K and LOW, B.Y., 2009. Introducing competency-based learning through pharmacy skills development sessions. In: 5th Pharmacy Education Symposium, Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Italy, 6-8 July 2009..
• TAY, H.Y, ANG, S.Y, CHOO, Y.M, ZUBIR, N.N, LOW, B.Y and ABDULLAH, N.A., 2009. The Impact of Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (MTAC) in Haemodialysis Patients, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR), Klang, Malaysia. In: 1st National Scientific Meeting of Renal Pharmacy, Holiday Villa & Suites Subang, Selangor, Malaysia, 10-11 July 2009..
• EFENDIE, B, LOW, B.Y, CHONG, D, WONG, P.S, TEY, K.K, AHMED, S.I, LEE, M.S, WU, P.Y, HASAN, S.S, AHAMDI, K, ANWAR, M and POOK, P., 2009. Assessment of Inter-Assessor Variability of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for Bachelor of Pharmacy Programme at International Medical University (IMU). In: 4th Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy-9th Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society Pharmacy Scientific Conference (AASP-MPSPSC), Penang, Malaysia, 10-13 Jun 2009..
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, CHONG, W.L, KHAN, N.A.K, CHEAH, P.Y and LIONG, K.K., 2008. Terazosin therapy for patients with female lower urinary tract symptoms (FLUTS): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Urology. 179, 1461-1469
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHONG, W.L, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, KARIM, N and CHEAH, P.Y., 2007. Terazosin therapy in the treatment of women with lower urinary tract symptoms: a randomized, placebo controlled trial. In: 102nd American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA, 19-24 May 2007..
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, CHONG, W.L, KARIM, N and CHEAH, P.Y., 2007. Reliability, validity and responsiveness of International Prostate Symptom Score in females with lower urinary tract symptoms (FLUTS). In: 28th Congress of the Societe Internationale d'Urologie (SIU), Paris, France, 2-6 Sep 2007..
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG M.L, YUEN.K.H, CHONG, W.L, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, TEH, C.L, KARIM, N, YAP, H.W and CHEAH, P.Y., 2006. Study of prevalence, treatment-seeking behavior, and risk factors of women with lower urinary tract symptoms in Northern Malaysia Urology. 68(4), 751-758
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHONG, W.L, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, KARIM, N and CHEAH, P.Y., 2006. Social demographic and clinical characteristics of females having lower urinary tract symptoms (FLUTS) in Northern Malaysia: preliminary results from the FLUTS cohort study. In: 28th Congress of the Societe Internationale d'Urologie (SIU), Cape Town, South Africa, 12-16 Nov 2006..
• LOW, B.Y, LIONG, M.L, YUEN, K.H, CHONG, W.L, CHEE, C, LEONG, W.S, MOHAN, M, KRISHNAN, S, TEH, C.L, KARIM, N, YAP, H.W, KHOR, T and LOH, C.S., 2004. A community based study on the prevalence of female lower urinary tract symptoms (FLUTS) in Northern Peninsular Malaysia: a preliminary result. In: Asian Congress of Urology (ACU), Hong Kong, 31 Oct-4 Nov 2004.