Prof. Dr. Ei Ei Thin
B.Pharm. (Ygn), M.Sc. in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) (Thailand),

Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences: Medicinal Chemistry) (Thailand), Dip.Med.Ed.
Professor and Head
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Pharmacy, Yangon

 

Research interest

Chemometrics, Pharmaceutical analysis, Synthesis of medicinal compounds, Structure-activity relationship, Click chemistry

 

History of Department

         The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry was established by U Myint Oo, Lecturer and Head of Department, Institute of Pharmacy, Yangon, in 1991. U Myint Thein, Rector of the University of Pharmacy, Yangon, was Head of Department from 1995 to 2002. In early 2002, Professor Dr. Tha Hla Shwe, Rector of the University of Medicine (2), became Head of Department. In late 2002, Daw Yi Yi served as Associate Professor and Head of the Department from 2002 to 2010. Pharmaceutical Chemistry is offered as one of the subjects throughout all academic years of the undergraduate curriculum. The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry introduced its Master’s program in 2003, followed by the launch of the Ph.D. program in 2013. These programs were designed to provide students with in-depth theoretical knowledge and research necessary to contribute to advancements in pharmaceutical sciences.

Departmental Objectives

• explain the fundamental concepts of chemistry that deal with physicochemical properties, chemical reactions, and reaction mechanisms of pharmaceutical organic and inorganic compounds
• describe the principles of chemical kinetics that are essential for prediction of a drug’s stability in pharmaceutical dosage forms
• describe the principles and conduct the various qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques, including conventional and instrumental methods, which cover every aspect of quality control of pharmaceuticals starting from raw materials to finished products
• explain the concepts of medicinal chemistry including drug discovery, design, and development from natural products and existing lead compounds
• describe the knowledge related to identification, structure elucidation, structural activity relationship (SAR), the synthetic pathway and metabolic pathway of certain drugs
• describe the knowledge of food chemistry including the chemistry of natural and synthetic foods, food additives, genetically modified foods, etc.
• conduct scientific research in pharmaceutical chemistry