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Biography
Dr Naoko Arakawa obtained her Bachelor in Pharmacy from the Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan, and became a registered pharmacist in Japan in 2002. Dr Arakawa worked as a pharmacist for a general hospital for 7 years and a community pharmacy for 1 year and 3 months. She moved to the UK for her postgraduate study in 2010 and obtained Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy with distinction from the School of Pharmacy, University of London in 2011. She completed her PhD at the University College London School of Pharmacy in 2016, and her thesis was entitled 'Global Pharmacy: A Comparative Exploration and Analysis of Initial Professional Education'. Dr Arakawa undertook a role of the International Lead at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for UK-Japan collaborative programme between 2016-2018. She took a position of Assistant Professor in International Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham in April 2018, and currently Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham. Dr Arakawa is also Interim Education Secretary of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), and a global lead for Competency Development of the FIP Hub.
Expertise Summary
Dr Arakawa's research interests focus on sustainable use of and access to medicines and social sustainability. Her research underpins these topics through collaborative transdisciplinary works developing and evaluating needs-based healthcare practice, education and workforce development in national and global perspectives for assisting the improvement of patients' and public health. Her research areas extends global public health practices and policies, sustainability in healthcare practice, emergency preparedness and disaster management. Dr Arakawa employs both quantitative and qualitative methods in her research, to seek practical outcomes that can inform and change the practice and policy for better health outcomes in patients, nationally and internationally.
Teaching Summary
Dr Arakawa is a Year 3 head of BSc International Pharmacy programme jointly taught with the Tianjin University Traditional Chinese Medicines in China.
She also teaches in Master of Pharmacy programme:
Year 2:
- Global Health workshop
- One Health lecture
- Epidemiology and Critical Appraisal (4 lectures and a workshop)
Year 3:
- An overview of pharmacovigilance (Medicines Pathway)
- Research project module: UG project supervisions and research training - Using published evidence and Data management & stats
Year 4:
- Medicines Pathway assessment lead - (Introduction, Assessment information)
- Medicines Pathway 4: Eco-toxicity
- Medicines Pathway 4: Access to medicines
Research Summary
Dr Arakawa is part of UKRI-funded Green Healthcare Hub (APP29078), and working especially on pharmaceutical waste reductions in healthcare. She is co-leading a global research group - Gen-MED study… read more
Recent Publications
SHIGEAKI MISHIMA, NAOKO ARAKAWA, IAN BATES and FELICITY SMITH, 2022. Opportunities to demonstrate expertise and job satisfaction of community pharmacists in Japan and England International Journal of Healthcare Management. 0(0), 1-8 RUPARELIA, J., MCMULLEN, J., ANDERSON, C., MUNENE, D. and ARAKAWA, N., 2021. Enhancing employability opportunities for Pharmacy students; a case study of processes to implement competency-based education in Pharmacy in Kenya Higher Education Quarterly. 75(4), 608-617
Current Research
Dr Arakawa is part of UKRI-funded Green Healthcare Hub (APP29078), and working especially on pharmaceutical waste reductions in healthcare. She is co-leading a global research group - Gen-MED study team: Navigating Generosity - the impacts of Donated Medicines in Health Emergencies. She is also leading and working on a number of global projects through the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) on competency-based education and global frameworks and tools development.
Past Research
Research projects that Dr Arakawa conducted include:
- Students' Learning Experiences in Pharmacy: Global Perspective
- An International Comparison of Pharmacy Curricula
- Global Pharmacy Education: An Exploratory Study on Multiple Aspects in Quality (the part of study was published as a FIPEd Technical Report: http://www.fip.org/files/fip/FIPEd_Global_Education_Report_2013.pdf)
- Case studies in Pharmacy Workforce Development in Japan (the part of the FIPEd Technical Report: http://fip.org/publications#FIP-Education)
- FIP Handbook for the implementation of competency-based education in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences (https://www.fip.org/file/5338)
- MRC-funded project - developing frameworks for eco-directed sustainable prescribing: towards reducing environmental pollution from healthcare practices (MR/X011704/1)