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Dr Qi Ying Lean

Research Fellow
E: Q.Lean@bsms.ac.uk
T: +44(0)1273 873024
Location: Room 8, SHORE-C, School Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RR

Areas of expertise: Self-management; Medication management; Gut health and inflammation

Research areas: Chronic diseases and cancer; Patient education; Pharmacy education

Biography

Qi Ying Lean completed her Bachelor in Pharmacy (Hons) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia and obtained a Master and PhD in pharmacy from the University of Tasmania, Australia. Qi started her career as a hospital pharmacist in Penang General Hospital. She then secured an academic position as a pharmacy lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, training pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in Malaysia. She was also involved in research covering both the academic and pharmacy fields. She serves as editor or reviewer of a few peer-reviewed journals, and is a member of the panel of Malaysian medical research ethics committee.

Research

Qi has involved research both in clinical and laboratory. She worked on preclinical drug discovery for inflammatory bowel diseases using cell-based culture and an animal model of colitis. She is keen to learn about patients’ medical challenges and needs. Her research activities are also directed towards the development in educational situations among the students and patients.

With her passion, interest and commitment to advancement of the understanding of human health, she continues to work on strategies to improve knowledge in medical sciences, health self-management, treatment of chronic diseases and cancers.

Selected publications

Shahid MN, Afzal HS, Farooq B, Yousaf MR, Ijaz MR, Shafqat TA, Khan TM, Neoh CF, Lean Q.Y, Bukhsh A, Karuppannan M. A Systematic Review on the effectiveness of Herbal Interventions for the Treatment of Male Infertility. Front. Physiol. Sec. Reproduction 2022. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.930676

Mohamad Fadzil M, Mohd Akmal M.H.S., Wong Y.Y, Neoh C.F, Lean Q.Y, Self-Management Knowledge Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Hospital Taiping. Malaysian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2022, 20, 1 http://web.usm.my/mjps/earlyView/MJPS%2020(1)%202022.abstract%20early%20view.pdf

Voo, J.Y.H.; Lean, Q.Y.; Ming, L.C.; Md. Hanafiah, N.H.; Al-Worafi, Y.M.; Ibrahim, B. Vaccine Knowledge, Awareness and Hesitancy: A Cross Sectional Survey among Parents Residing at Sandakan District, Sabah. Vaccines 2021, 9, 1348. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111348

Ooi, P.H, Zainal, H, Lean, Q,Y, Ming, L.C, Ibrahim, B. Pharmacists’ Interventions on Electronic Prescriptions from Various Specialty Wards in a Malaysian Public Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study. Pharmacy 2021, 9(4), 161; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040161

Shahid, M.N, Khan, T.M, Neoh, C.F, Lean, Q.Y, Bukhsh, A and Karuppannan, M. Effectiveness of Pharmacological Intervention Among Men with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Front. Pharmacol. 2021. 12:638628. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.638628

Shabani, N.R.M., Mokhtar, M., Leow, C.H., Lean, Q.Y., Chuah, C., Singh, K.K.B. and Leow, C.Y., 2020. Differential expression of cytokine genes in THP-1-derived macrophages infected with mild and virulence strains of Shigella flexneri 2a. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85, p.104532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104532

Lean, Q.Y, Ming, L.C, Wong, Y.Y, Neoh, C.F, Farooqui, M, Muhsain, S.N.F. Online versus classroom learning in pharmacy education: Students' preference and readiness. Pharmacy Education. 2020; 20 (1), 19-27. https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/789

Lean, Q.Y, Ming, L.C, Wong, Y.Y, Neoh, C.F, Farooqui, M, Muhsain, S.N.F. Validation of Online Learning in Pharmacy Education: Effectiveness and Student Insight. Pharmacy Education 2018. 18. (Scopus-indexed). https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/612

Izahar, S, Lean, Q.Y, Hameed, M.A, Murugiah, M.K, Patel, R.P, Al-Worafi, Y.M and Ming, L.C. Content Analysis of Mobile Health Applications on Diabetes Mellitus. Frontiers Endocrinology 2017. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2017.00318

Lean, Q.Y, Eri, R.D, Fitton, J.H, Patel, R.P, Gueven, N. Fucoidan extracts ameliorate acute colitis. PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0128453. Q1 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128453