STAFF PROFILE: DR MICHAEL LAHAI: HEAD OF DEPARTMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE

First Name: Dr Michael Lahai Degree: BPharm (Hons); PharmD; MPH; MSc; FPCPharm; FCP

Current Place of Work: Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone

Current Position: Head Quality Assurance Brief Biographical statement He is a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists and Chairman of Research Innovation and Publication of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences University of Sierra Leone.

Brief experience Quality Assurance Expert working group member of the West African Health Organisation Regulatory harmonisation for National Medicines Regulatory Authorities in Africa. He has experience as a research Fellow Quality Assurance Manager Laboratory Analyst and Manager Senior Cold Chain Pharmacist for vaccine trials and also has Pharmaceutical Chemistry Public Health and Clinical Competency.

• 2021 PCQI (Practitioner of the Chartered Quality Institute and Certified Lead Auditor UK)

• 2021 NIHR Research Grant Winner of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene