Raymond Chukwuma Okechukwu (BPharm; Pharm D; MPharm; FPCPharm) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-okechukwu-38a20623/ ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1463-6021 Professional Summary: A Clinical Pharmacist of over 28 years career experience in frontline healthcare delivery in a University Teaching Hospital. Highly motivated to optimize patients’ therapeutic outcomes and safety through systematic Pharmaceutical care, patients’ engagement and Pharmacovigilance. Logistics management information system; medication adherence counselling; experiential training; and healthcare research with competencies in Microsoft Suite, SPSS, STATA applications. A lecturer in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Agulu Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria. Major roles: Didactic Classroom lecture; Experiential training of students on Pharmaceutical care skills during Pharmacy Clinical rotations and clerkships posting within University Teaching Hospital setting. Undergraduate research project supervision: residency preceptor and project supervisor for postgraduate students of the West Africa Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Yaba Nigeria. Research Focus: Antimicrobial Stewardship; Patients’ safety; Pharmacovigilance; Patients reported outcomes; Patients’ engagement to improve quality of healthcare. Research Experience: I have participated in several research in-country as a research focal person for the Nigeria national study on Pre-exposure prophylaxis, (Pre-EP Study) on use Truvada® as treatment for prevention of HIV transmission among HIV sero-discordant couples; the principal investigator in the Patient Safety Research Small grant in WHO-funded Nigeria: coded (PS09035), 2009 - 2010 cohort; the Secretary of the Research Society, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi. I have also participated in international collaborative research on: Building capacity in evidence-based medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: problems and potential solutions. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111272); and also, The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global antimicrobial and biocide resistance (https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/3/2/dlab038/6217452). Other publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=jQA7fq4AAAAJ (https://www.journaljamps.com/index.php/JAMPS/article/view/17117/31897). Family and hobbies: Married to Dr. Azuka E. Okechukwu (PhD); blessed with five children. Main hobbies: computing; reading; meditation. Associations and Leadership: Fellow West Africa Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, (WAPCP): Zonal Coordinator, WAPCP, Anambra Zone: Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria, CPAN, (Coordinator, CPAN, Anambra State; Member; Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Observer member: Pharmaceutical Care Network, Europe: Member: AMR Insights Ambassador Network - AMR Insights.